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Smuggler Nation

How Illicit Trade Made America

Peter Andreas

Follow the history of America's contraband capitalism through illicit imports such as West Indies molasses, African slaves, French condoms, and more. In Smuggler Nation, Peter Andreas provides a fascinating and often-overlooked account of America's continuous engagement in smuggling from colonial times to the present. Despite being born and growing up through smuggling, the United States is now the world's leading anti-smuggling crusader. Andreas challenges the hyperbolic depictions of out-of-control borders and global crime threats, reminding readers that illicit trade is not a new concept but an old American tradition that has helped fuel the country's rise to become a world superpower.
Publish Date
2013-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
2013-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.97
ISBN
9780199746880
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2022-04-14T22:48:58.000Z
@aoscott @jbouie Yes I think that's the one I was thinking of! This book is somewhat adjacent but is *fascinating* along very similar lines      source