Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America

Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. This volume investigates these diverse artifacts - from portraits and city views to gravestones, dressing furniture, and prosthetic devices - to explore how elite American consumers assembled objects to form a new civil society on the margins of the British Empire.

De-a lungul secolului al XVIII-lea, anglo-americanii au achizitionat un numar si o gama de marfuri fara precedent. Acest volum investigheaza aceste diverse artefacte - de la portrete si vederi ale orasului la pietre funerare, mobilier de imbracat si dispozitive protetice - pentru a explora modul in care consumatorii americani de elita au asamblat obiecte pentru a forma o noua societate civila la marginea Imperiului Britanic.