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The making of an imperial polity : civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis, Lauren Working, (electronic resource)

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Bringing to life the interaction between America, its peoples, and metropolitan gentlemen in early seventeenth-century England, this book argues that colonization did not just operate on the peripheries of the political realm, and confronts the entangled histories of colonialism and domestic status and governance. The Jacobean era is reframed as a definitive moment in which the civil self-presentation of the elite increasingly became implicated in the imperial. The tastes and social lives of statesmen contributed to this shift in the English political gaze. At the same time, bringing English political civility in dialogue with Native American beliefs and practices speaks to inherent tensions in the state's civilizing project and the pursuit of refinement through empire. This significant reassessment of Jacobean political culture reveals how colonizing America transformed English civility and demonstrates how metropolitan politics and social relations were uniquely shaped by territorial expansion beyond the British Isles. This title is also available as Open Access.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages)
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
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9781108625227
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The making of an imperial polity : civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis
Title
The making of an imperial polity
Title remainder
civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis
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Lauren Working
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Language
eng
Summary
Bringing to life the interaction between America, its peoples, and metropolitan gentlemen in early seventeenth-century England, this book argues that colonization did not just operate on the peripheries of the political realm, and confronts the entangled histories of colonialism and domestic status and governance. The Jacobean era is reframed as a definitive moment in which the civil self-presentation of the elite increasingly became implicated in the imperial. The tastes and social lives of statesmen contributed to this shift in the English political gaze. At the same time, bringing English political civility in dialogue with Native American beliefs and practices speaks to inherent tensions in the state's civilizing project and the pursuit of refinement through empire. This significant reassessment of Jacobean political culture reveals how colonizing America transformed English civility and demonstrates how metropolitan politics and social relations were uniquely shaped by territorial expansion beyond the British Isles. This title is also available as Open Access.--
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1985-
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Working, Lauren
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Literary form
non fiction
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dictionaries
Series statement
  • Cambridge studies in early modern British history
  • Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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  • Indians
  • Indians
  • Public opinion
  • Imperialism
  • Etiquette
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • England
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The making of an imperial polity : civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis, Lauren Working, (electronic resource)
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http://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108625227
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online resource
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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
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CR9781108625227
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages)
Form of item
online
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9781108625227
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1114281973
Label
The making of an imperial polity : civility and America in the Jacobean metropolis, Lauren Working, (electronic resource)
Link
http://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108625227
Publication
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
CR9781108625227
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9781108625227
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1114281973

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