Casey Schmitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3765065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Casey Schmitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Casey |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmitt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMITT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3721-1368 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hostis Humani Generis and the Long History of Illegitimate Violence
American Slavers
Mutiny on the Rising Sun
Reviewed by: Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate by Jared Ross Hardesty Casey Schmitt Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate. By Jared Ross Hardesty. New York: New York University Press, 2021. 279 pages. Cloth, ebook. From the outset, Jared Ross Hardesty makes it clear that we should not know anything about the mutiny that occurred aboard a schooner called the Rising S…
Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century
At the center of Joseph M. H. Clark's new book, Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century, is something of a paradox. Veracruz, despite being the most important port city for the Viceroyalty of New Spain and functioning as the center of trade for five continents, never attained the size or status of comparable Atlantic port cities like Havana and Philadelphia. Clark resists easy explanations for that paradox, such as Veracruz's reputa…
Betwixt Ye Two Rivers
Starting in the mid-sixteenth century, European traffickers frequented the Caribbean in search of ships to plunder and gained access to Spanish America's closed markets by seizing captives and smuggling them into underserved ports. For traffickers, these activities depended on alliances with Kalinago populations in the Lesser Antilles, who allowed traffickers to refit their vessels and trade for food, wood, and water. By the 1620s, this political…
Jamaica Ladies
Pirates, Planting, and the Rights of Mankind in Seventeenth-Century Tortuga
The Intimacies of Four Continents
Within the discipline of history, geographic and chronological divisions, as well as archival organization, often shape the narratives we write. Despite the conscious recognition of the constructed
Virtue in Corruption
Violent encounters between Spanish American guarda costas and British vessels during the early decades of the eighteenth century sparked the War of Jenkins’ Ear in 1739, a war that started in the Caribbean over issues of inter-imperial contraband trade. Despite the causes of the war, Spanish American guarda costas out of port cities such as Cartagena de Indias outfitted their ships through illicit British supply chains. Moreover, the maritime vio…
Betwixt Ye Two Rivers
Starting in the mid-sixteenth century, European traffickers frequented the Caribbean in search of ships to plunder and gained access to Spanish America's closed markets by seizing captives and smuggling them into underserved ports. For traffickers, these activities depended on alliances with Kalinago populations in the Lesser Antilles, who allowed traffickers to refit their vessels and trade for food, wood, and water. By the 1620s, this political…
Virtue in Corruption
Violent encounters between Spanish American guarda costas and British vessels during the early decades of the eighteenth century sparked the War of Jenkins’ Ear in 1739, a war that started in the Caribbean over issues of inter-imperial contraband trade. Despite the causes of the war, Spanish American guarda costas out of port cities such as Cartagena de Indias outfitted their ships through illicit British supply chains. Moreover, the maritime vio…
Pirates, Planting, and the Rights of Mankind in Seventeenth-Century Tortuga
Virtue in Corruption
Violent encounters between Spanish American guarda costas and British vessels during the early decades of the eighteenth century sparked the War of Jenkins’ Ear in 1739, a war that started in the Caribbean over issues of inter-imperial contraband trade. Despite the causes of the war, Spanish American guarda costas out of port cities such as Cartagena de Indias outfitted their ships through illicit British supply chains. Moreover, the maritime vio…
Pirates, Planting, and the Rights of Mankind in Seventeenth-Century Tortuga
The Intimacies of Four Continents
Within the discipline of history, geographic and chronological divisions, as well as archival organization, often shape the narratives we write. Despite the conscious recognition of the constructed
Jamaica Ladies
Mutiny on the Rising Sun
Reviewed by: Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate by Jared Ross Hardesty Casey Schmitt Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate. By Jared Ross Hardesty. New York: New York University Press, 2021. 279 pages. Cloth, ebook. From the outset, Jared Ross Hardesty makes it clear that we should not know anything about the mutiny that occurred aboard a schooner called the Rising S…
Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century
At the center of Joseph M. H. Clark's new book, Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century, is something of a paradox. Veracruz, despite being the most important port city for the Viceroyalty of New Spain and functioning as the center of trade for five continents, never attained the size or status of comparable Atlantic port cities like Havana and Philadelphia. Clark resists easy explanations for that paradox, such as Veracruz's reputa…
Betwixt Ye Two Rivers
Starting in the mid-sixteenth century, European traffickers frequented the Caribbean in search of ships to plunder and gained access to Spanish America's closed markets by seizing captives and smuggling them into underserved ports. For traffickers, these activities depended on alliances with Kalinago populations in the Lesser Antilles, who allowed traffickers to refit their vessels and trade for food, wood, and water. By the 1620s, this political…
American Slavers
Hostis Humani Generis and the Long History of Illegitimate Violence
History (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Economic history (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)