UID:
almahu_9949494652002882
Format:
1 online resource (306 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780300249279 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Content:
Three interconnected 18th-century lives offer a fresh account of the British Empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This engaging history brings together the stories of Joshua Reynolds and two Indigenous men, the Cherokee Ostenaco and the Raiatean Mai. Fullagar uncovers the life of Ostenaco, tracing his emergence as a warrior, his engagement with colonists through war and peace, and his eventual rejection of imperial politics during the American Revolution. She delves into the story of Mai, his confrontation with conquest and displacement, his voyage to London on Cook's imperial expedition, and his return home with a burning ambition to right past wrongs. Woven throughout is a new history of Reynolds, who even when a prominent painter remained ambivalent about his nation's expansionist trajectory.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780300243062
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biography
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Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biografie
URL:
Yale scholarship online
