Trade and Privateering in Spanish Florida, 1732-1763

From: The Americas | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Cusick, James | Copyright information

BOOKS IN BRIEF Trade and Privateering in Spanish Florida, 1732-1763. By Joyce Elizabeth Harman. Introduction by Carl E. Swanson. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2004. Pp. xx, 99. Maps. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. $16.95 paper.

One of the most influential books ever written on the economy of colonial Florida is Joyce Elizabeth Harman's study Trade and Privateering in Spanish Florida, 1732-1763 (1969). In this new edition, Carl E. Swanson provides an introductory...

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