| Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists, and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783-1820 Contributor(s): Smith, Joshua M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813064430 ISBN-13: 9780813064437 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | United States - 19th Century - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs |
| Dewey: 364.133 |
| Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.61 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Maine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: North American Society for Oceanic History John Lyman Book Award in United States Maritime History Passamaquoddy Bay lies between Maine and New Brunswick at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of it (including Campobello Island) is within Canada, but the Maine town of Lubec lies at the bay's entrance. Rich in beaver pelts, fish, and timber, the area was a famous smuggling center after the American Revolution. Joshua Smith examines the reasons for smuggling in this area and how three conflicts in early republic history--the 1809 Flour War, the War of 1812, and the 1820 Plaster War--reveal smuggling's relationship to crime, borderlands, and the transition from mercantilism to capitalism. Smith astutely interprets smuggling as created and provoked by government efforts to maintain and regulate borders. In 1793 British and American negotiators framed a vague new boundary meant to demarcate the lingering British empire in North America (Canada) from the new American Republic. Officials insisted that an abstract line now divided local peoples on either side of Passamaquoddy Bay. Merely by persisting in trade across the newly demarcated national boundary, people violated the new laws. As smugglers, they defied both the British and American efforts to restrict and regulate commerce. Consequently, local resistance and national authorities engaged in a continuous battle for four decades. Smith treats the Passamaquoddy Bay smuggling as more than a local episode of antiquarian interest. Indeed, he crafts a local case study to illuminate a widespread phenomenon in early modern Europe and the Americas. A volume in the series New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology, edited by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Joshua M.: - Joshua M. Smith is professor of humanities at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and director of the American Merchant Marine Museum. |