The rise, fall, and rise again of privateers

Independent Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-577

  Tabarrok, Alexander ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Institute   (United States)

^c Mercatus Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; CARGO; GOVERNMENT; MILITARY APPLICATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; VESSEL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247483052     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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