Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History #: The Global Indies

British Imperial Culture and the Reshaping of the World, 1756-1815

Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History #: The Global Indies
Ashley L Cohen
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h235 x 156mm - 320pg
2 Feb 2021 US
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9780300239973
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A study of British imperialism' s imaginative geography, exploring the pairing of India and the Atlantic, from literature to colonial policy In this lively book, Ashley Cohen reveals how eighteenth-century Britons saw the empire-not as separate Atlantic and Indian spheres but as an interconnected "Indies. " Crisscrossing the hemispheres, Cohen traces global histories of race, slavery, and class. She also locates empire' s presence at home, in metropolitan scenes of fashionable sociability. Combining literary studies and new imperial history, Cohen demonstrates how the imaginative geography of the Indies shaped the culture of British imperialism, which then changed the shape of the world.

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"An extraordinarily original and important study; one that has the potential to re-orient multiple fields of enquiry. Both in its conception and its execution we are dealing with scholarship of the highest order. "-Daniel O' Quinn, University of Guelph "Ashley Cohen challenges the separation in eighteenth-century scholarship between the east and the west. This trailblazing book will become an indispensable point of reference for future studies in the field. "-Ramesh Mallipeddi, University of Colorado Boulder "A deeply researched account . . . Cohen expertly tracks how Britons actually imagined their emergent empire and offers important clues to the slippery meanings of racialized thought. "-Felicity Nussbaum, University of California, Los Angeles "Masterfully excavating eighteenth-century Britain' s mental map of empire, Cohen challenges us to read the past as a place that made its world through the work of critical thinking. Powerful, innovative scholarship. "-David Francis Taylor, University of Oxford "Combining magisterial overview with exquisite detail, this book is utterly compelling. Every page bursts with ideas and bustles with a fascinating cast of international characters. It will become a classic. "-Isabel Hofmeyr, author of Gandhi' s Printing Press
Ashley Cohen is assistant professor of English at the University of Southern California. She works at the intersection of eighteenth-century, postcolonial, and South Asia studies. Her critical edition of Lady Nugent' s East India Journal was published in 2014.
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ISBN-13: 9780300239973
Published: 2 Feb 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 320

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