Architecture and empire in Jamaica / Louis P. Nelson.
Architecture and empire in Jamaica / Louis P. Nelson.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/982
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 313 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Coffee, castle, deck, dock -- Castles of fear -- Heat and hurricanes -- Plantations and power -- The arts of empire -- Merchant stores and the empire of goods -- The Jamaican Creole house -- Architecture of freedom -- Building in Britain.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2016]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Through Creole houses and merchant stores to sugar fields and boiling houses, Jamaica played a leading role in the formation of both the early modern Atlantic world and the British Empire. Architecture and Empire in Jamaica offers the first scholarly analysis of Jamaican architecture in the long 18th century, spanning roughly from the Port Royal e...
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Full title
Architecture and empire in Jamaica / Louis P. Nelson.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-304) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
GQ 2017/982
Record Identifier
74VKVgBPGE43
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBPGE43
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ISBN
0300211007 (hardback)
9780300211009 (hardback)
DDC
720.97292
MMS ID
991024148812602626
