American Baroque : pearls and the nature of empire, 1492-1700 / Molly A. Warsh.
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TextSeries: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press SerPublisher: Williamsburg, Virginia : University of North Carolina Press : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781469638997
- 1469638991
- Pearl industry and trade -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 16th century
- Pearl industry and trade -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century
- Pearls -- Political aspects -- History
- Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 16th century
- Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 17th century
- Perles -- Industrie -- Caraïbes (Région) -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Perles -- Industrie -- Caraïbes (Région) -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Perles -- Aspect politique -- Histoire
- Espagne -- Colonies -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Espagne -- Colonies -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Pearl industry and trade
- Spanish colonies
- Caribbean Area
- 1500-1699
- 338.37140972909031 23
- HD9678.P42 .W377 2018
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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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.
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