Commodities and cultures in the colonial world

by Chaudhuri, Supriya McDonagh, Josephine Murray, Brian H. Sunder Rajan, Rajeswari

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Title Statements

Full title :Commodities and cultures in the colonial world / edited by Supriya Chaudhuri, Josephine Mcdonagh, Brian H. Murray, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan.

Summary

Commodity culture and colonialism are intimately related and mutually constitutive. The desire for commodities drove colonial expansion, at the same time that colonial expansion fuelled technological invention, created new markets for goods, displaced populations, and transformed local and indigenous cultures in dramatic and often violent ways. Contemporary interest in the object and its affective regimes has intensified following the recent 'material turn' in literary and cultural studies. This book analyses the transformation of local cultures in the context of global interaction in the period 1851-1914. It also demonstrates methodologies and theoretical approaches that this field of study has generated, and puts these into practise in the case studies presented.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 volume : : illustrations (black and white) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138214736, 1138214736
oclc:on1004750302
Dewey Decimal:306.309171241

Subjects

British colonies Civilisation -- Histoire -- 19e siècle Civilisation -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Civilization Civilization -- History -- 19th century Civilization -- History -- 20th century Commercial products -- Colonies -- Grea… Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- 19e sièc… Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- 20e sièc… Great Britain Great Britain -- Colonies -- 19th centu… Great Britain -- Colonies -- 20th centu… History Produits commerciaux -- Colonies. -- Gr… Society