The making of an imperial polity : civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis / Lauren Working.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Working, Lauren, 1985- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians--History--17th century.

Indians.

Indians--Foreign public opinion, British--History--17th century.

Public opinion--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Public opinion.

Imperialism--Public opinion--History--17th century.

Imperialism.

Etiquette--England--History--17th century.

Etiquette.

Colonies.

History.

Imperialism--Public opinion.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1625.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--Public opinion--History--17th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.

America.

Great Britain--Civilization--American influences.

Civilization.

Great Britain--Civilization--17th century.

England--Social life and customs--17th century.

England.

Manners and customs.

British colonies.

Civilization--American influences.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis

Savagery and the state

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The networks and spaces of information-exchange that fostered expansion come to life in Robert Cecil's testimony at Walter Ralegh's trial for treason in 1603. The jury accused Ralegh of possessing a seditious book written against the sovereignty of kings, one that had been kept from public view in the private study of the late lord treasurer William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Burghley's son Robert, James' secretary of state, suggested Ralegh may have stolen the book when visiting Burghley's study to consult his cosmographical works. Ralegh often visited their residence on the Strand, Cecil acknowledged. 'Sir Walter desired to search for some Cosmographycall descriptions of the West-Indies which he thought were in his study, and were not to be had in print, which he [Cecil] granted'. Before 'the bonds of his affection had been crackt', Cecil admitted, he had admired Ralegh, and supported his ventures to North America and Guiana"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cultivation and the American project

Colony as microcosm : Virginia and the metropolis

Cannibalism and the politics of bloodshed

Tobacco, consumption, and imperial intent

Wit, sociability, and empire.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Durham University, 2015, titled Savagery and the state : incivility and America in Jacobean political discourse.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Working, Lauren, 1985- Savagery and the state The making of an imperial polity.

ISBN:

9781108494069

1108494064

OCLC:

1112128050