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Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. This book investigates these diverse artifacts to explore how elite American consumers assembled objects to form a new civil society on the margins of the British Empire.

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Represents some of the best of material culture scholarship, blending new information and ideas that are stretched to thought-provoking but not always documentable observations."" - Panorama: Journal of the AHAA

""Imaginatively developed, extensively documented, and well written. Recommended."" - Choice

""Forms a powerful testament to the value of true interdisciplinarity in its ability to advance histories of portraiture, decorative arts, and print culture as well as civil society, political identity, and gender and sexuality."" - The William and Mary Quarterly

The Power of Objects in EighteenthCentury British

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    Publisher: MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina
    Publication Date: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781469652191, 978-1469652191
    ISBN10: 1469652196
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. This book investigates these diverse artifacts to explore how elite American consumers assembled objects to form a new civil society on the margins of the British Empire.

    Trade Review
    Represents some of the best of material culture scholarship, blending new information and ideas that are stretched to thought-provoking but not always documentable observations."" - Panorama: Journal of the AHAA

    ""Imaginatively developed, extensively documented, and well written. Recommended."" - Choice

    ""Forms a powerful testament to the value of true interdisciplinarity in its ability to advance histories of portraiture, decorative arts, and print culture as well as civil society, political identity, and gender and sexuality."" - The William and Mary Quarterly

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