Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures, Maps and Tables vi
4. Preface and Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations xii
6. Introduction: A Reputation for Wrecking 1
7. 1 Cornwall and the Sea 17
8. 2 ‘Dead Wrecks’ and the Foundation of Wreck Law 41
9. 3 Wrecking and Criminality 60
10. 4 The Cornish Wrecker 82
11. 5 Wrecking and Popular Morality 104
12. 6 Wrecking and Enforcement of the Law 123
13. 7 Lords of the Manor and their Right of Wreck 145
14. 8 Wrecking and Centralised Authority 167
15. 9 The Wrecker, the Press, and the Pulpit 189
16. Conclusion: Myths and Reputations Reconsidered 213
17. Appendices
18. Appendix 1 Wreck Bills and Statutes, 1700–1854 217
19. Appendix 2 Cornish Wreck Returns, Constabulary Report 1837 219
20. Appendix 3 Presentments, Manor of Connerton, 1704–59 222
21. Bibliography 225
22. Index 253