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Persuasion and Propaganda

Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire

Joan Coutu author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:23rd Aug '06

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In the eighteenth century, sugar planters, merchants, aristocrats, politicians, and governments erected hundreds of commemorative monuments throughout the British Empire. This work is a study of these works of art within the framework of colonial politics and political culture.Lavishly illustrated, Persuasion and Propaganda is the first study of these works of art within the framework of colonial politics and political culture

"One of the most neglected subjects of eighteenth-century British and European art - the use of commemorative monuments to validate empire-building." Romita Ray, Museum of Art, The University of Georgia

ISBN: 9780773531307

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 920g

496 pages