Smugglers, Pirates, and Patriots: Free Trade in the Age of Revolution

by Tyson Reeder

Book Overview

After emerging victorious from their revolution against the British Empire, many North Americans associated commercial freedom with independence and republicanism. Optimistic about the liberation movements sweeping Latin America, they were particularly eager to disrupt the Portuguese Empire. Anticipating the establishment of a Brazilian republic that they assumed would give them commercial preference, they aimed to aid Brazilian independence through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812251385
• ISBN13: 9780812251388
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"