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American Baroque : pearls and the nature of empire, 1492-1700

Author: Molly A Warsh
Publisher: Williamsburg, Virginia : University of North Carolina Press : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2018. ©2018
Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
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Warsh, Molly A.
American baroque : pearls and the nature of empire, 1492-1700.
Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2018
275 pages
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Molly A Warsh
ISBN: 9781469638997 1469638991
OCLC Number: 1047575860
Description: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents: Cover --
Half Title --
Title --
Copyright --
Dedication --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
List of Illustrations --
List of Abbreviations and Short Titles --
INTRODUCTION: The Global Early Americas --
CHAPTER 1. Sex, Death, and the Sea: Pearls in the Early Modern Imagination --
CHAPTER 2. Pearls and a Political Ecology of Empire, 1498â#x80;#x93;1541 --
CHAPTER 3. â#x80;#x9C;Even the Black Women Wear Strands of Pearlsâ#x80;#x9D;: Assessing the Worth of Subjects and Objects in a New Era, 1540â#x80;#x93;1600 --
CHAPTER 4. Making â#x80;#x9C;A Machine of Pearlsâ#x80;#x9D; in the Seventeenth Century: Custom and Innovation in Iberian Pearl-Fishing Ventures --
CHAPTER 5. â#x80;#x9C;Regardless of Gender, Class, Color, and Conditionâ#x80;#x9D;: Pearls in Private Possession around the Iberian Imperial World --
CHAPTER 6. â#x80;#x9C;A Few More or Less Make No Differenceâ#x80;#x9D;: Accounting for Pearls in Northern Europe in the Seventeenth Century --
CONCLUSION: Rescuing â#x80;#x9C;That Tired Irregular Pearl from Such Lengthy Isolationâ#x80;#x9D; --
Essay on Sources --
Index --
A --
B --
C --
D --
E --
F --
G --
H --
I --
J --
L --
M --
N --
O --
P --
R --
S --
T --
U --
V --
W --
X --
Y --
Z.
Series Title: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Responsibility: Molly A. Warsh.

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