This article examines the impact of the Continental Blockade upon a local fishing and agricultural economy in the Mediterranean by focusing on the illicit trades that flourished on Stromboli. The island became a strategic location for smuggling between the warring kingdoms of British allied Naples and French ruled Sicily. This paper argues that the Blockade allowed Stromboli to join the network of maritime traffic that had been dominated by the two biggest islands in the archipelago. Although equally integrated into agriculture and fishing, women participated in the fraudulent sale of prize goods but were excluded from large-scale smuggling operations.
FAZIO I (2020). Illicit trades and smuggling activities on the island of Stromboli, 1808–1816: gender roles during a commercial crisis. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 35(1), 11-31.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 |
Titolo: | Illicit trades and smuggling activities on the island of Stromboli, 1808–1816: gender roles during a commercial crisis |
Autori: | FAZIO, Ida (Corresponding) |
Citazione: | FAZIO I (2020). Illicit trades and smuggling activities on the island of Stromboli, 1808–1816: gender roles during a commercial crisis. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 35(1), 11-31. |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0268416020000016 |
Abstract: | This article examines the impact of the Continental Blockade upon a local fishing and agricultural economy in the Mediterranean by focusing on the illicit trades that flourished on Stromboli. The island became a strategic location for smuggling between the warring kingdoms of British allied Naples and French ruled Sicily. This paper argues that the Blockade allowed Stromboli to join the network of maritime traffic that had been dominated by the two biggest islands in the archipelago. Although equally integrated into agriculture and fishing, women participated in the fraudulent sale of prize goods but were excluded from large-scale smuggling operations. |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore M-STO/02 - Storia Moderna |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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