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Persuasion and Propaganda

Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire

by (author) Joan Coutu

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2006
Category
Great Britain
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773531307
    Publish Date
    Aug 2006
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773576643
    Publish Date
    Aug 2006
    List Price
    $110.00

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Lavishly illustrated, Persuasion and Propaganda is the first study of these works of art within the framework of colonial politics and political culture. While examining the rise of the idea of the public in the modern world, Joan Coutu also explores how "empire" was constantly being redefined. From private funeral monuments in the West Indies to works erected by the East India Company and the British Parliament, Coutu shows how the youthful British Empire saw itself and validated its mission through sculpture.

About the author

Joan Coutu is associate professor of art history and visual culture at the University of Waterloo, and author of Persuasion and Propaganda: Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire.

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