Bethany Williamson

Broschiertes Buch

Orienting Virtue

Civic Identity and Orientalism in Britain's Global Eighteenth Century

Beschreibung

Examines how Englandâ s sense of collective virtue was inflected and informed by Eastern empires. Bethany Williamson shows how Englandâ s struggle to define and practice national virtue hinged on the difficulty of articulating an absolute concept of moral value amid dynamic global trade networks.

Autor

Bethany Williamson is Associate Professor of English at Biola University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Virginia Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780813947617
• ISBN-10: 0813947618
• Artikelnr.: 66220764