Making of an Imperial Polity - Civility and America in the Jacobean Metropolis

This significant reassessment of Jacobean political culture reveals how colonizing America transformed English civility in early seventeenth-century England. This title is also available as Open Access.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Cultivation and the American project; 2. Colony as microcosm: Virginia and the metropolis; 3. Cannibalism and the politics of bloodshed; 4. Tobacco, consumption, and imperial intent; 5. Wit, sociability, and empire; Conclusion.

Info autore

Lauren Working is Research Associate on the ERC-funded TIDE project (Travel, Transculturality, and Identity in England, 1550–1700) at the University of Oxford. She has held fellowships at the Jamestown archaeological site and the Royal Anthropological Institute, where she continues to develop methodologies and projects that explore indigeneity, colonial legacies, and heritage in English museums.

Riassunto

Bringing to life the interaction between America, its peoples, and statesmen in early seventeenth-century England, this book offers new perspectives on Jacobean tastes and political culture, confronting the histories of colonialism and domestic political development. This title is also available as Open Access.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lauren Working, Lauren (University of Liverpool) Working, Lauren (University of Oxford) Working
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108494069
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49406-9
• Pagine: 266
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; England, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), Amerikanische Geschichte, Amerika, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, The Americas, C 1600 To C 1700