Persuasion and Propaganda: Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780773531307)

In the eighteenth century, sugar planters, merchants, aristocrats, politicians, and governments erected hundreds of commemorative monuments throughout the British Empire as expressions of social status, personal dynasties, territorial occupation, and imperial ambitions. In a culture transformed by the rising merchant class, these monuments - inherently public and hopefully permanent - underscored the economic, political, and cultural complexities of the emerging empire. Lavishly illustrated, Persuasion and Propaganda is the first study of these works of art within the framework of colonial politics and political culture. While examining the rise of the idea of the public in the modern world, Joan Coutu also explores how empire was constantly being redefined.

Author: Joan Coutu
ISBN-10: 0773531300
ISBN-13: 9780773531307
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2006
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover