The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America - 9781469652191

The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British AmericaAuthor(s): Jennifer Van Horn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469652191, 978-1469652191\nSynopsis\nOver the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America investigates these diverse artifactsfrom portraits and city views to gravestones, dressing furniture, and prosthetic devicesto explore how elite American consumers assembled objects to form a new civil society on the margins of the British Empire. In this interdisciplinary transatlantic study, artifacts emerge as key players in the formation of Anglo-American communities and eventually of American citizenship. Deftly interweaving analysis of images with furniture, architecture, clothing, and literary works, Van Horn reconstructs the networks of goo.