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Unravelled Dreams

- Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500–1840
Af: Ben Marsh Engelsk Hardback

Unravelled Dreams

- Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500–1840
Af: Ben Marsh Engelsk Hardback
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One of the greatest hopes and expectations that accompanied American colonialism – from its earliest incarnation – was that Atlantic settlers would be able to locate new sources of raw silk, with which to satiate the boundless desire for luxurious fabrics in European markets. However, in spite of the great upheavals and achievements of Atlantic plantation, this ambition would never be fulfilled. By taking the commercial failure of silk seriously and examining numerous experiments across New Spain, New France, British North America and the early United States, Ben Marsh reveals new insights into aspiration, labour, environment, and economy in these societies. Each devised its own dreams and plans of cultivation, framed by the particularities of cultures and landscapes. Writ large, these dreams would unravel one by one: the attempts to introduce silkworms across the Atlantic world ultimately constituted a step too far, marking out the limits of Europeans'' seemingly unbounded power.
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One of the greatest hopes and expectations that accompanied American colonialism – from its earliest incarnation – was that Atlantic settlers would be able to locate new sources of raw silk, with which to satiate the boundless desire for luxurious fabrics in European markets. However, in spite of the great upheavals and achievements of Atlantic plantation, this ambition would never be fulfilled. By taking the commercial failure of silk seriously and examining numerous experiments across New Spain, New France, British North America and the early United States, Ben Marsh reveals new insights into aspiration, labour, environment, and economy in these societies. Each devised its own dreams and plans of cultivation, framed by the particularities of cultures and landscapes. Writ large, these dreams would unravel one by one: the attempts to introduce silkworms across the Atlantic world ultimately constituted a step too far, marking out the limits of Europeans'' seemingly unbounded power.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 500
ISBN-13: 9781108418287
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1108418287
Kategori: Kolonialisme og imperialisme
Udg. Dato: 23 apr 2020
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 236mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 23 apr 2020
Forfatter(e): Ben Marsh
Forfatter(e) Ben Marsh

Kategori Kolonialisme og imperialisme

ISBN-13 9781108418287

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 500

Udgave

Længde 30mm

Bredde 236mm

Højde 162mm

Udg. Dato 23 apr 2020

Oplagsdato 23 apr 2020

Forlag Cambridge University Press