Worlds Apart: The Market and the Theater in Anglo-American Thought, 1550-1750

✍ Scribed by Jean-Christophe Agnew

Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Leaves: 278
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Worlds Apart traces the history of our concepts of the marketplace and the theater and the ways in which these concepts are bound together. Focusing on Britain and America in the years 1550-1750, the book discusses the forms and conventions that structured both commerce and theater. Drawing on a variety of disciplines and documents, Professor Agnew illuminates one of the most fascinating chapters in the formation of Anglo-American market culture.

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