Persuasion and Propaganda: Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire
Joan CoutuIn the eighteenth century sugar planters, merchants, aristocrats, politicians, and governments erected hundreds of commemorative monuments throughout the British Empire as expressions of social status, personal dynasties, territorial occupation, and imperial ambitions. In a culture transformed by the rising merchant class, these monuments - inherently public and hopefully permanent - underscored the economic, political, and cultural complexities of the emerging empire.
ปี:
2006
สำนักพิมพ์:
McGill-Queen's University Press
ภาษา:
english
จำนวนหน้า:
496
ISBN 10:
0773576649
ISBN 13:
9780773576643
ไฟล์:
PDF, 15.78 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006