The global eighteenth century / edited by Felicity A. Nussbaum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nussbaum, Felicity.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--18th century.

Imperialism.

History.

Europe--Colonies--History--18th century.

Europe.

Colonies.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

xiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Historians have generally come to accept the idea of a "long eighteenth century," one that extended from circa 1660 to 1830. In"

Contents:

Part I Mappings

1 Mapping an Exotic World: The Global Project of Dutch Geography, circa 1700 / Benjamin Schmidt 21

2 Tupaia: Polynesian Warrior, Navigator, High Priest

and Artist / Glyndwr Williams 38

3 The Caribbean Islands in Atlantic Context, circa 1500-1800 / Philip D. Morgan 52

4 Bringing India to Hand: Mapping an Empire, Denying Space / Matthew H. Edney 65

5 Concealing the Bounds: Imagining the British Nation through China / Robert Batchelor 79

6 The Global Parasol: Accessorizing the Four Corners of the World / Joseph Roach 93

7 Oceans and Floods: Fables of Global Perspective / Laura Brown 107

Part II Crossings

8 Proxies of Power: Woman in the Colonial Archive / Betty Joseph 123

9 The Narrative of Elizabeth Marsh: Barbary, Sex, and Power / Linda Colley 138

10 The Lama and the Scotsman: George Bogle in Bhutan and Tibet, 1774-1775 / Kate Teltscher 151

11 The English Garden Conversation Piece in India / Beth Fowkes Tobin 165

12 Black, Yellow, and White on St. Vincent: Moreau de Jonnes's Carib Ethnography / Peter Hulme 182

13 Marketing Mulatresses in the Paintings and Prints of Agostino Brunias / Kay Dian Kriz 195

14 Archipelagic Encounters: War, Race, and Labor in American-Caribbean Waters / Nicholas Rogers 211

15 Questioning the Identity of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African / Vincent Carretta 226

Part III Islands

16 The Point Venus "Scene," Tahiti, 14 May 1769 / Neil Rennie 239

17 Island Transactions: Encounter and Disease in the South Pacific / Rod Edmond 251

18 George Berkeley the Islander: Some Reflections on Utopia, Race, and Tar-Water / Carole Fabricant 263

19 Inhuming Empire: Islands as Colonial Nurseries and Graves / Jill Casid 279

20 South Seas Trade and the Character of Captains / Anna Neill 296

21 Voyaging the Past, Present, and Future: Historical Reenactments on HM Bark Endeavour and the Voyaging Canoe Hokule' a in the Sea of Islands / Greg Dening 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-370) and index.

ISBN:

0801868653

OCLC:

50410496