American Baroque : pearls and the nature of empire, 1492-1700 /

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Author / Creator:	Warsh, Molly A. (Author)
Format:	eBook Electronic
Language:	English
Imprint:	Williamsburg, Virginia : University of North Carolina Press : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2018.
Series:	Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Subjects:	1500-1699 Pearl industry and trade > Caribbean Area > History > 16th century. Pearl industry and trade > Caribbean Area > History > 17th century. Pearls > Political aspects > History. Pearl industry and trade Spanish colonies Spain > Colonies > History > 16th century. Spain > Colonies > History > 17th century. Caribbean Area History
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Table of 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
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