Commodities and Culture in the Colonial World by Supriya Chau... - 9780367890117

Commodities and Culture in the Colonial WorldAuthor(s): Supriya Chaudhuri, Josephine McDonagh, Brian Murray, Rajeswari Rajan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367890117, 978-0367890117\nSynopsis\nCommodity, culture and colonialism are intimately related and mutually constitutive. The desire for commodities drove colonial expansion at the same time that colonial expansion fuelled technological invention, created new markets for goods, displaced populations and transformed local and indigenous cultures in dramatic and often violent ways. \n\nThis book analyses the transformation of local cultures in the context of global interaction in the period [tel]. By focusing on episodes in the social and cultural lives of commodities, it explores some of the ways in which commodities shaped the colonial cultures of global modernity. Chapters by experts in the field examine the production, circulation, display and representat.