[PDF.62vl] The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

[PDF.xc09] The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

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 | #655815 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  2017-04-10 | Original language:English |  9.28 x1.21 x6.25l, | File type: PDF | 456 pages

 | The University of North Carolina Press

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An Exploration of the Roots of American Materialism|By Anna Faktorovich|An art history and a cultural study of civility in America. It explores the roots of early American materialism, documented by the increase of diverse purchases. The study argues that these objects created an appearance of civility despite the distance from the “center” of the civilized world, E| |Jennifer Van Horn opens our eyes and minds with her masterful exploration of the centrality of objects to the identity politics of eighteenth-century British America. Bringing portraiture, dressing tables, gravestones, and even a wooden leg into a dynamic and

Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America investigates these diverse artifacts—from portraits and city views to gravestones, dressing furniture, and prosthetic devices—to explore how elite American consumers assembled objects to form a new civil society on the margins of the British Empire. In this interdisciplinary transatl...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)   |  Jennifer Van Horn. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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