Portrait of a Woman in Silk : Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World / Zara Anishanslin.
Portrait of a Woman in Silk : Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World / Zara Anishanslin.
Portrait of a Woman in Silk : Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World / Zara Anishanslin.
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New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]
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English
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Physical content
1 online resource (432 p.)
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text
still image
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction: The Atlantic World in a Portrait -- Part One. "Our Incomparable Countrywoman": Anna Maria Garthwaite, Silk Designer -- Part Two. "An Inventive and Pushing Genius": Simon Julins, Master Weaver -- Part Three. "Mrs. Mayoress": Anne Shippen Will...
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New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
Through the story of a portrait of a woman in a silk dress, historian Zara Anishanslin embarks on a fascinating journey, exploring and refining debates about the cultural history of the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world. While most scholarship on commodities focuses either on labor and production or on consumption and use, Anishanslin unifi...
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Portrait of a Woman in Silk : Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World / Zara Anishanslin.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Specialized.
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In English.
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©2016
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74VKa7B50P0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7B50P0X
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ISBN
0-300-22055-3
DDC
973.2
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991024388414202626
