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Author:   Danielle C. Skeehan
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781421439686

ISBN 10:   1421439689
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   02 February 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction. The Material (Con)Texts of Global Modernity Part 1. The Empire's New Clothes: British Publics and Imperial Politics, 1650–1720 Chapter 1. Patterns for Plantation: New World Silk and the Natural History of Settler Colonialism Chapter 2. Indo-Atlantic Modernity: The Early Global Cotton Trade and the Emergence of Racial Capitalism Part 2. Revolutionary Threads: New World Publics and Insurgent Economies, 1750–1800 Chapter 3. The Republic of Homespun: Material Economies of the American Revolution Chapter 4. Materializing the Black Atlantic: African Captives, Caribbean Slaves, and Creole Fashioning Part 3. The Fabric of American Empire: Imagined Communities and New Geographies, 1600–1865 Chapter 5. Oriental America: Silk Geographies in the Era of the Early Republic Chapter 6. Empires in Rags: Hemispheric American Material and Literary Texts Conclusion. Weaving Revolution in the Global South Notes Essay on Sources Index

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Danielle C. Skeehan is an assistant professor of English and comparative American studies at Oberlin College.

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