Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- Dedication
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: A Reputation for Wrecking
- 1 Cornwall and the Sea
- 2 ‘Dead Wrecks’ and the Foundation of Wreck Law
- 3 Wrecking and Criminality
- 4 The Cornish Wrecker
- 5 Wrecking and Popular Morality
- 6 Wrecking and Enforcement of the Law
- 7 Lords of the Manor and their Right of Wreck
- 8 Wrecking and Centralised Authority
- 9 The Wrecker, the Press, and the Pulpit
- Conclusion: Myths and Reputations Reconsidered
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Figures, Maps and Tables
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- Dedication
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: A Reputation for Wrecking
- 1 Cornwall and the Sea
- 2 ‘Dead Wrecks’ and the Foundation of Wreck Law
- 3 Wrecking and Criminality
- 4 The Cornish Wrecker
- 5 Wrecking and Popular Morality
- 6 Wrecking and Enforcement of the Law
- 7 Lords of the Manor and their Right of Wreck
- 8 Wrecking and Centralised Authority
- 9 The Wrecker, the Press, and the Pulpit
- Conclusion: Myths and Reputations Reconsidered
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Cornish Wrecking, 1700–1860Reality and Popular Myth, pp. viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010