BUILDING THE BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD by Daniel Maudlin (Editor), Bernard L. Herman (Editor) ( 9781469626826 )

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Title:

BUILDING THE BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD
SPACES, PLACES, AND MATERIAL CULTURE, 1600-1850

By:

Daniel Maudlin (Editor), Bernard L. Herman (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£42.95
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ISBN 10:

1469626829

ISBN 13:

9781469626826

Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Pub. date:

31 March, 2016

Series:

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series

Pages:

352

Synopsis:

Spanning the North Atlantic rim from Canada to Scotland, and from the Caribbean to the coast of West Africa, the British Atlantic world is deeply interconnected across its regions. In this groundbreaking study, thirteen leading scholars explore the idea of transatlanticism-or a shared "Atlantic world" experience-through the lens of architecture and built spaces in the British Atlantic world from the seventeenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. Examining town planning, churches, forts, merchants' stores, state houses, and farm houses, this collection shows how the powerful visual language of architecture and design allowed the people of this era to maintain common cultural experiences while still forming their individuality. By studying the interplay between physical construction and social themes that include identity, gender, taste, domesticity, politics, and race, the authors interpret material culture in a way that particularly emphasizes the people who built, occupied, and used the spaces and reflects the complex cultural exchanges between Britain and the New World.

Illustrations:

6 drawings, 74 halftones, 2 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

The University of North Carolina Press

Returns:

Returnable

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