Persuasion And Propaganda Monuments And The Eighteenthcentury British Empire Joan Michle Coutu by Joan Michèle Coutu 9780773531307, 0773531300 instant download after payment.

In the eighteenth century, sugar planters, merchants, aristocrats, politicians, and governments erected hundreds of commemorative monuments throughout the British Empire as expressions of social status, personal dynasties, territorial occupation, and imperial ambitions. In a culture transformed by the rising merchant class, these monuments - inherently public and hopefully permanent - underscored the economic, political, and cultural complexities of the emerging empire. Lavishly illustrated, Persuasion and Propaganda is the first study of these works of art within the framework of colonial politics and political culture. While examining the rise of the idea of the public in the modern world, Joan Coutu also explores how empire was constantly being redefined.