Slavery, geography and empire in nineteenth-century marine landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica / Charmaine A. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Charmaine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery in art.

Landscapes in art.

Imperialism in art.

Art and society--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--19th century.

Art and society.

Art and society--Jamaica--History--19th century.

History.

Jamaica.

Québec--Montréal.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 416 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

Contents:

Colonialism and art : landscape and empire

A tale of two empires : Montreal slavery under the French and the British

Representing the enslaved African in Montreal

Landscaping Montreal

Landscaping Jamaica

Imaging slavery in Antigua and Jamaica : pro-slavery discourse and the reality of enslavement

James Hakewill's Picturesque tour : representing life on nineteenth-century Jamaican sugar plantations

Beyond sugar : James Hakewill's vision of Jamaican settlements, livestock pens, and the spaces between

Deception in the life and art of the white Jamaican Creole planter class.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409468912

1409468917

OCLC:

907061221