Building the British Atlantic world : spaces, places, and material culture, 1600-1850 /

• Other Authors: Maudlin, Daniel, (Editor), Herman, Bernard L., 1951- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
• Series: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
• Subjects: British > Material culture > Atlantic Ocean Region > History.; Architecture, British colonial > Atlantic Ocean Region > History.; Architecture, British > Atlantic Ocean Region > History.; Atlantic Ocean Region > History.; Great Britain > Civilization.; Great Britain > Colonies > America > Civilization.; Great Britain > Colonies > Africa, West > Civilization.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781469628066 (e-book)

"Spanning the North Atlantic rim from Canada to Scotland, and from the Caribbean to the coast of West Africa, the British Atlantic world is deeply interconnected across its regions. ... studying the interplay between physical construction and social themes that include identity, gender, taste, domesticity, politics, and race, the authors interpret material culture in a way that particularly emphasizes the people who built, occupied, and used the spaces and reflects the complex cultural exchanges between Britain and the New World"--