James R. Farr

Who Was William Hickey? (eBook, ePUB)

A Crafted Life in Georgian England and Imperial India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes an autobiography written in the early 19th century. It will appeal to readers of many disciplines who are interested in understanding the interconnectedness of memory, textual narrative, and ideas of selfhood, within the context of 18th-century London and Imperial India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000649888
• Artikelnr.: 57776779

Autorenporträt

James R. Farr is the Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor of History at Purdue University. He has published widely in Early Modern European History, notably Artisans in Europe, 1300-1914, A Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth Century France, and The Work of France: Labor and Culture in the Early Modern Era, 1300-1800.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Crafted Life: Autobiography, Memory, and Identity in Late
Georgian England and Imperial India Part I: A Life Remembered 1. "The Child
is Father of the Man" 2. "Dissipation and Folly": The Young Libertine 3.
Into the Empire: India and Jamaica 4. London Again, Then Back to India 5. A
Professional Gentleman in Calcutta, and the Return to "Dear Old England"
Part II: Identities Constructed 6. Gentility 7. Sensibility 8. Masculinity
9. Nationality. Epilogue