Savage Visit - New World People and Popular Imperial Culture in Britain, 1710-1795
Publisher: University of California Press; University of California Press, Global, Area, and International Archive; Global, Area, and International Archive
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781938169038
Subjects: Indians of north america, history; Pacific islanders; Hegemony; Great britain, history, 1714-1837
Description: "In eighteenth-century Britain, the appearance of "savages" from the New World provoked intense fascination. Though such people had been arriving periodically for decades, it was only then that the "savage visit" became a sensation. Using a wealth of sources, Kate Fullagar shows why the phenomenon grew and how it related to bitter debates over the morality of imperial expansion."--Publisher's website.