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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gauci, Perry
Titre(s) : William Beckford [Texte imprimé] : first prime minister of the London empire / Perry Gauci
Publication : New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]©2013
Description matérielle : xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Lien à la collection : The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Comprend : The torrid zone ; Transatlantic man ; Fitting in ; Empire and patriotism ; The
friend of liberty ; The cultural chameleon ; Apotheosis.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-279) and index
"This first-ever biography of William Beckford provides a unique look at eighteenth-century
British history from the perspective of the colonies. Even in his own time, Beckford
was seen as a metaphor for the dramatic changes occurring during this era. He was
born in 1709 into a family of wealthy sugar planters living in Jamaica, when the colonies
were still peripheral to Britain. By the time he died in 1770, the colonies loomed
large and were considered the source of Britain's growing global power. Beckford grew
his fortune in Jamaica, but he spent most of his adult life in London, where he was
elected Lord Mayor twice. He was one of the few politicians to have experienced imperial
growing pains on both sides of the Atlantic, and his life offers a riveting look at
how the expanding empire challenged existing political, social, and cultural norms."
Sujet(s) : Beckford, William (1709-1770)
Politique et gouvernement -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1727-1760
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300166750 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0300166753 (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43592964t
Notice n° :
FRBNF43592964
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