Contraband
Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century
In the frigid winter of 1875, federal agents tracked Charles L. Lawrence, an intimate of Boss Tweed and the most promiscuous smuggler in American history. Leading a network spanning four continents and lasting half a decade, Charley smuggled silk worth $60 million into the United States.Since the American Revolution, smuggling had tested the patriotism of the American people. Distrusting foreign goods, Congress instituted high tariffs making the custom house the nation's protector. It waged a war on smuggling, inspecting every traveller for illicitly imported silk, opium, tobacco, sugar, diamonds and art. The Civil War's blockade of the Confe…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-06533-6
- EAN: 9780393065336
- Produktnummer: 17193730
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H26.3 cm x B24.9 cm x D3.4 cm 766 g
- Abbildungen: 20 illustrations
- Gewicht: 766
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Andrew Wender Cohen is associate professor of history at Syracuse University. He lives with his family in central New York.
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