Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania in Britain: 1770-1823 - Studies in the Eighteenth Century - Ruth Scobie - Books - Boydell & Brewer Ltd - 9781783274086 - May 17, 2019
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Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania in Britain: 1770-1823 - Studies in the Eighteenth Century

Ruth Scobie

Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania in Britain: 1770-1823 - Studies in the Eighteenth Century

An intriguing case study on how popular images of Oceania, mediated through a developing culture of celebrity, contributed to the formation of British identity both domestically and as a nascent imperial power in the eighteenth century.


216 pages, 7 b/w illus.

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Released May 17, 2019
ISBN13 9781783274086
Publishers Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Pages 216
Dimensions 156 × 234 × 14 mm   ·   488 g
Language English  

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