Material london, ca. 1600 /

Material London, ca. 1600 reconstructs one of the great world cities at a critical moment in Western history.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Orlin, Lena Cowen
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2000]
©2000
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: New cultural studies
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208399
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Summary: Material London, ca. 1600 reconstructs one of the great world cities at a critical moment in Western history.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 52 illus.
ISBN: 9780812208399
Index Number: DA680
CLC: K561.9
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
1. Introduction /
Introduction --
2. London's Dominion: The Metropolis, The Market Economy, And The State /
3. Material London In Time And Space /
4. Poetaster, The Author, And The Perils Of Cultural Production /
5. England's Provinces: Did They Serve Or Drive Material London? /
6. Fantastical Colors In Foggy London: The New Fashion Potential Of The.Latesixteenth Century /
7. "Rugges Oflondon And The Diuell's Band": Irish Mantles And Yellow Starch As Hybrid London Fashion /
8. Women, Foreigners, And The Regulation Ofurban Space In Westwardho /
9. Material Londoners? /
10. Purgation as the Allure of Mastery: Early Modern Medicine And The Technology Ofthe Self /
II. London's Vagrant Economy: Making Space For "Low" Subjectivity /
12. Inside/Out Women, Domesticity, and the Pleasures of the City /
13. The Authority oft he Globe and the Fortune /
14. Building, Buying, and Collecting in London, 1600-1625 /
15. The Topography and Buildings of London, ca. 1600 /
16. John Day and the Bookshop That Never Was /
17. Boundary Disputes in Early Modern London /
Contributors --
Acknowledgments --
Index.