{"product_id":"staging-governance-theatrical-imperialism-in-london-17701800-9780801879616","title":"Staging Governance Theatrical Imperialism in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe economics of political and sexual exchange not only became entwined but functioned as mutual supports during a period of social, cultural, and political readjustment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious and compelling book, notable for its command of divergent fields and discourses, its careful readings, and its theoretical reach. -- Betsy Bolton Comparative Drama O'Quinn's focus... is refreshing. -- Diedre Lynch Studies in English Literature A sophisticated exposition... useful and stimulating. -- Cheryl Wanko 1650-1850: Ideas, Esthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era An ambitious and important book. -- Michael Garner Studies in Romanticism The book as a whole is an impressive scholarly achievement and a major contribution to the fields of romantic theatre and imperial studies. Theatre Research International Groundbreaking, informative, and penetrating, and it [ Staging Governance: Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770-1800] offers significant new information about the role of the theater in late eighteenth-century debates about the Asian colonies and English government. -- Jeremy W. Webster Eighteenth-Century Life O'Quinn's book is one of great importance and significant innovation. His understanding of the situated nature and ideological function of performance is excellent. -- David Francis Taylor Huntington Library Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Supplementation of Imperial Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Ethnographic Acts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Empire's Vicious Expenses:\u003ci\u003e Samuel Foote\u003c\/i\u003e's The Nabob \u003ci\u003eand the Credit Crisis of 1772\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. \"As Much as Science Can Approach Barbarity\" \u003ci\u003ePantomimical Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e in Omai; or, A Trip round the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Women and the Trials of Imperial Masculinity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Inchbald's Indies: \u003ci\u003eMeditations on Despotism circa 1784\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Raree Show of Impeachment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Molière's Old Woman: \u003ci\u003eJudging and Being Judged with Frances Burney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: A Theatre of Perpetual War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Starke Reforms: \u003ci\u003eMartial Masculinity and the Perils of Indianization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. War and Precinema: \u003ci\u003eTipu Sultan and the Allure of Mechanical Display\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Recreational Alterity\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405200859479,"sku":"9780801879616","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801879616.jpg?v=1730489089","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/staging-governance-theatrical-imperialism-in-london-17701800-9780801879616","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}