Smuggling: Seven Centuries of Contraband

by Simon Harvey

A cellar door creaked open in the middle of the night, or a hand slipping quickly into a trenchcoat--the most compelling transactions are surely those we never see. Smuggling can conjure images of adventure and rebellion in popular culture--Han Solo knew all about it, as did Al Capone--but as Simon Harvey shows in this fascinating book, smuggling has had a profound effect on the geopolitics of the world. Shining a light onto seven centuries of dark...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178023595X
• ISBN13: 9781780235950
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"