Defying Empire Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York

Name: Defying Empire Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York
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ISBN: 9780300164251

ISBN-10: 0300164254

ISBN-13: 9780300164251

Edition: 2010

Authors: Thomas M. Truxes

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This enthralling book is the first to uncover the story of New York City merchants who engaged in forbidden trade with the enemy before and during the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War). Ignoring British prohibitions designed to end North America's wartime trade with the French, New York's merchant elite conducted a thriving business in the French West Indies, insisting that their behavior was protected by long practice and British commercial law. But the government in London viewed it as treachery, and its subsequent efforts to discipline North American commerce inflamed the colonists. Through fast-moving events and unforgettable characters, historian Thomas M.…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.89" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Maps


Preface


A Note on the Text


Introduction


Prologue: The Informer



A City at War



Admiral Hardy and the Smugglers



Frenchified Bottoms



Mountmen



Flag-Trucers



Mixed Messages



Business as Usual



Crackdown



The Trial



Fruits of Victory


Epilogue: Path to Revolution


Conclusion


Chronology


Glossary of Persons


Glossary of Terms


List of Statutes, Proclamations, and Orders in Council


Notes


Index