Old habits : commercial neglect and peripheral innovation in early Venezuela -- Socialized into smuggling : the consumer culture of the black market -- New cures : the Caracas Company, the crown, and commercial control -- Networking statelessness in a bordered world : foreign smugglers -- The societal ties of smuggling : Venezuelan merchants -- "Men of good who will harm no one" : Venezuelan officials -- Contrabandists or cargo? : People of color, smuggling, and the illicit slave trade -- The political power of covert commerce : the rebellion of Juan Francisco de Leon, 1749-1751
- | Author: Jesse Cromwell
- | Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 336 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1469636883
- | ISBN-13: 9781469636887