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Author:

Nelson, Charmaine, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00089311

Title:

Slavery, geography and empire in nineteenth-century marine landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica / Charmaine A. Nelson.

Publisher:

RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xvii, 416 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Subject:

Slavery in art.
Landscapes in art.
Imperialism in art.
Art and society--Montréal--Montréal--History--19th century.
Art and society--Jamaica--History--19th century.
Art and society.
Imperialism in art.
Landscapes in art.
Slavery in art.
Jamaica.
Québec--Montréal.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Colonialism and art : landscape and empire -- A tale of two empires : Montreal slavery under the French and the British -- Representing the enslaved African in Montreal -- Landscaping Montreal -- Landscaping Jamaica -- Imaging slavery in Antigua and Jamaica : pro-slavery discourse and the reality of enslavement -- James Hakewill's Picturesque tour : representing life on nineteenth-century Jamaican sugar plantations -- Beyond sugar : James Hakewill's vision of Jamaican settlements, livestock pens, and the spaces between -- Deception in the life and art of the white Jamaican Creole planter class.

ISBN:

1409468917
9781409468912

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907061221

LCCN:

2015014015

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)