How Long to Read Borderland Smuggling

How Long Does it Take to Read Borderland Smuggling?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read Borderland Smuggling by Joshua M. Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Passamaquoddy Bay lies between Maine and New Brunswick at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of it (including Campobello Island) is within Canada, but the Maine town of Lubec lies at the bay's entrance. Rich in beaver pelts, fish, and timber, the area was a famous smuggling center after the American Revolution. Joshua Smith examines the reasons for smuggling in this area and how three conflicts in early republic history--the 1809 Flour War, the War of 1812, and the 1820 Plaster War--reveal smuggling's relationship to crime, borderlands, and the transition from mercantilism to capitalism. Smith astutely interprets smuggling as created and provoked by government efforts to maintain and regulate borders. In 1793 British and American negotiators framed a vague new boundary meant to demarcate the lingering British empire in North America (Canada) from the new American Republic. Officials insisted that an abstract line now divided local peoples on either side of Passamaquoddy Bay. Merely by persisting in trade across the newly demarcated national boundary, people violated the new laws. As smugglers, they defied both the British and American efforts to restrict and regulate commerce. Consequently, local resistance and national authorities engaged in a continuous battle for four decades. Smith treats the Passamaquoddy Bay smuggling as more than a local episode of antiquarian interest. Indeed, he crafts a local case study to illuminate a widespread phenomenon in early modern Europe and the Americas. A volume in the series New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology, edited by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith

How long is Borderland Smuggling?

Borderland Smuggling by Joshua M. Smith is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.

This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Borderland Smuggling Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Borderland Smuggling aloud.

What Reading Level is Borderland Smuggling?

Borderland Smuggling is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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