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Title:

The global eighteenth century / edited by Felicity A. Nussbaum.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xiv, 385 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Imperialism--History--18th century.
Europe--History--History--18th century.
Slavery

Other Authors:

Nussbaum, Felicity,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-370) and index.

Contents:

Voyaging the past, present, and future : historical reenactments on HM Bark Endeavor and the voyaging canoe Hokule'a in the sea of islands / Greg Dening. Tupaia : Polynesian warrior, navigator, high priest-- and artist / Glyndwr Williams -- The Caribbean Islands in Atlantic context, circa 1500-1800 / Philip D. Morgan -- Bringing India to hand : mapping an empire, denying space / Matthew H. Edney -- Concealing the bounds : imagining the British nation through China / Robert Batchelor -- The global parasol : accessorizing the four corners of the world / Joseph Roach -- Oceans and floods : fables of global perspective / Laura Brown -- Proxies of power : woman in the colonial archive / Betty Joseph -- The narrative of Elizabeth Marsh : barbary, sex, and power / Linda Colley -- The lama and the Scotsman : George Bogle in Bhutan and Tibet, 1774-1775 / Kate Teltscher -- The English garden conversation piece in India / Beth Fowkes Tobin -- Black, yellow, and white on St. Vincent : Moreau de Jonnès's Carib ethnography / Peter Hulme -- Marketing mulatresses in the paintings and prints of Agostino Brunias / Kay Dian Kriz -- Archipelagic encounters : war, race, and labor in American-Caribbean waters / Nicholas Rogers -- Questioning the identity of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African / Vincent Carretta -- The point Venus "Scene," Tahiti, 14 May 1769 / Neil Rennie -- Island transactions : encounter and disease in the South Pacific / Rod Edmond -- George Berkeley the Islander : some reflections on utopia, race, and tar-water / Carole Fabricant -- Inhuming empire : islands as colonial nurseries and graves / Jill Casid -- South Seas trade and the character of captains / Anna Neil -- Voyaging the past, present, and future : historical reenactments on HM Bark Endeavor and the voyaging canoe Hokule'a in the sea of islands / Greg Dening.

ISBN:

9780801872242 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801872243 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801868658 (acid-free paper)
0801868653 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50410496

LCCN:

2002012550

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)