Slavery and the making of early American libraries : British literature, political thought, and the transatlantic book trade, 1731-1814 / Sean D. Moore.
2019
Z473
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Title
Slavery and the making of early American libraries : British literature, political thought, and the transatlantic book trade, 1731-1814 / Sean D. Moore.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191873621 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
Z473
Dewey Decimal Classification
381.450020973
Summary
This volume explores how profits from slavery underpinned the dissemination of British literature in America during the eighteenth century and how the colonial book market was shaped, in part, by the demand of slave owners for metropolitan cultural capital.
Note
This volume explores how profits from slavery underpinned the dissemination of British literature in America during the eighteenth century and how the colonial book market was shaped, in part, by the demand of slave owners for metropolitan cultural capital.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 15, 2019).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198836377
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