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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pearl industry and trade -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 16th century.
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Pearl industry and trade. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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Pearl industry and trade -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Pearls -- Political aspects -- History.
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Pearls. |
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Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 16th century.
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Spain. |
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Colonies. |
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Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 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 9781469638973 |
| ISBN |
9781469638997 (e-book) |
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1469638991 |
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9781469638973 |
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