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1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
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 and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The global early Americas -- Sex, death, and the sea : pearls in the early modern imagination -- Pearls and a political ecology of empire, 1498-1541 -- "Even the black women wear strands of pearls" : assessing the worth of subjects and objects in a new era, 1540-1600 -- Making "a machine of pearls" in the seventeenth century : custom and innovation in Iberian pearl-fishing ventures -- "Regardless of gender, class, color, or condition" : pearls in private possession around the Iberian imperial world -- "A few more or less make no difference" : accounting for pearls in northern Europe in the seventeenth century -- Conclusion : Rescuing "that tired, irregular pearl from such lengthy isolation." |
| Summary |
"American baroque charts Spain's exploitation of Caribbean pearl fisheries to trace the genesis of its maritime empire. In the 1500s, licit and illicit trade in the jewel gave rise to global networks, connecting the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean to the pearl-producing regions of the Chesapeake and northern Europe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pearls -- Political aspects -- History.
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Pearls. |
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History. |
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Pearl industry and trade -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
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Pearl industry and trade. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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17th century |
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Pearl industry and trade -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 16th century.
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| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 17th century.
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Spain. |
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Colonies. |
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Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 16th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Warsh, Molly A. American baroque. Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018] 9781469638973 (DLC) 2017042775 (OCoLC)1004535853 |
| ISBN |
9781469638980 (electronic book) |
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1469638983 (electronic book) |
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9781469638997 (electronic book) |
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1469638991 (electronic book) |
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9781469638973 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1469638975 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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