Staging Governance Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770-1800

• Main Author: O'Quinn, Daniel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Literature: history & criticism
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Between 1770 and 1800, transformations in the relationship between metropolitan British society and its colonial holdings, and in the concept of the nation itself, left Britons with a new sense of themselves. Over the same period, the consolidation of the middle classes was accompanied by growing so...