A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 /
Benton, Lauren A.,
A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 / Lauren Benton. - xvi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-328) and index.
Anomalies of empire -- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine regions and the law of treason -- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism -- Island chains : military law and convict transportation -- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the problem of quasi-sovereignty -- Bare sovereignty and empire.
0521881056 9780521881050 0521707439 9780521707435
2009015844
Law and geography--History--Europe
Sovereignty
Europe--Boundaries--History.
KJC1337 / .B46 2010
341.42
A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 / Lauren Benton. - xvi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-328) and index.
Anomalies of empire -- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine regions and the law of treason -- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism -- Island chains : military law and convict transportation -- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the problem of quasi-sovereignty -- Bare sovereignty and empire.
0521881056 9780521881050 0521707439 9780521707435
2009015844
Law and geography--History--Europe
Sovereignty
Europe--Boundaries--History.
KJC1337 / .B46 2010
341.42