Smuggling : contraband and corruption in world history

Summary: In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good has flourished in every place, at every time. Significantly, Karras draws a clear distinction between smugglers and their more popular criminal cousins, pirates, who operated in the open with a type of violencethat was nearly always shunned by smugglers. Explaining the divergence between the two grou.

Record details

ISBN: 9780742553156
ISBN: 0742553159
ISBN: 9781282497429
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ISBN: 074256732X
ISBN: 9780742567320
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, Ă2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.17 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Smuggling in regional and global perspective : "truck, barter, and exchange" -- "It's not pirates!" -- The political economy of smuggling -- Smuggling : patterns and practices -- Smuggling, "custom," and legal violations.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.