Empire and Identity
An Eighteenth-Century Sourcebook
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Beschreibung
This anthology of primary material brings together literary and non-literary texts from the eighteenth-century focusing on issues including commerce and colonialism. Britons' sense of identity in the eighteenth-century see-sawed between embattled vulnerability and unassailable supremacy. Empire was crucial in shaping this, but contact with other peoples often threw into sharp relief or transformed this sense of identity. This book will be an essential resource for those studying this period; it traces these shifts in mood and the impact of imperial encounters in a variety of material, including poems, plays, speeches, letters, and accounts of travel, exploration and captivity.
Brings together a wide range of eighteenthcentury texts and materials, including poems, plays, speeches and letters
Offers a clear introduction to the field and reflects the latest research
Easytouse format (includes a Contents list organized by theme) with helpful suggestions for further reading
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Stephen H. Gregg
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