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A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 / Lauren Benton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: xvi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521881056
  • 9780521881050
  • 0521707439
  • 9780521707435
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.42 22
LOC classification:
  • KJC1337 .B46 2010
Contents:
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.
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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.

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