Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York

by Thomas M. Truxes

Book Overview

A dramatic account of illicit trading by New York City merchants, some of whom became America's Founding Fathers, during the French and Indian War

This enthralling book is the first to uncover the story of New York City merchants who engaged in forbidden trade with the enemy before and during the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War). Ignoring British prohibitions designed to end North America's wartime trade...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164254
• ISBN13: 9780300164251
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"