Cities and the Circulation of Culture in the Atlantic World: From the Early Modern to Modernism 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Von Morzé, Leonard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137541296 ISBN-13: 9781137541291 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 307.760 |
LCCN: 2017943461 |
Series: New Urban Atlantic |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.07 lbs) 266 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book provides a much-needed comparative approach to the history of cities by investigating the dissemination of cultural forms between cities of the Atlantic world. The contributors attend to the various forms and norms of cultural representation in Atlantic history, examining a wealth of diverse topics such as the Portuguese Atlantic; the Spanish Empire; Guy Fawkes and the conspiratorial rhetoric of slaves; Albert-Charles Wulffleff and the Parc-Mus e of Dakar; and the writings of Jane Austen, Alexis de Tocqueville, Benjamin Franklin, and others. By interpreting Atlantic urban history through sustained attention to customs and representational forms, an international group of nine contributors demonstrate the power of culture in the making of Atlantic urban experience, even as they acknowledge the harsh realities of economic history. |