The power of objects in eighteenth-century British America / by Jennifer Van Horn.
Author/creator |
Van Horn, Jennifer author. |
Other author/creator | Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture issuing body. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2017] |
Description | pages cm |
Subject(s) |
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Abstract | "Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. [Van Horn] 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 transatlantic study, artifacts emerge as key players in the formation of Anglo-American communities and eventually of American citizenship"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 2016032977 |
ISBN | 9781469629568 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
ISBN | 1469629569 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
ISBN | (ebook) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | E162 .V36 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |