The once-famous trading center of Gor???e, S???n???gal, today lies in the busy harbor of the modern city of Dakar. From its beginnings as a modest outpost, Gor???e became one of the intersections linking African trading routes to the European Atlantic trade. Then as now, people of many nationalities poured into the island: Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Tukulor, and Wolof. Trading parties brought with them gold, firewood, mirrors, books, and more. They built houses of various forms, using American lumber, French roof ...
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The once-famous trading center of Gor???e, S???n???gal, today lies in the busy harbor of the modern city of Dakar. From its beginnings as a modest outpost, Gor???e became one of the intersections linking African trading routes to the European Atlantic trade. Then as now, people of many nationalities poured into the island: Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Tukulor, and Wolof. Trading parties brought with them gold, firewood, mirrors, books, and more. They built houses of various forms, using American lumber, French roof tiles, freshly cut straw, and pulverized seashells, and furnished them in a fashion as cosmopolitan as the city itself. A work of architectural history, Portrait of an Island explores the material culture and social relations of West Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Multiple features of eighteenth-century Gor???e--its demographic diversity; the prominence of women leaders; the phenomenon of identities in flux; and the importance of fashion and international trade--articulate its place in the construction of an early global modernity. An examination of the built and natural landscape, Portrait of an Island deciphers the material culture involved in the ever-changing relationships among male, female, rich, poor, free, and slave.
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Very Good Condition. A very presentable copy with minimal wear. Cover shows slight signs of use, but is unmarked and undamaged. Internally, clean and fresh, with unmarked and uncreased pages. Size: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm. 420 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Senegal--Gorée; Social conditions; Architecture and society; Buildings; 17.67; ISBN: 080325413X. Add. Inventory No: 210920VFB5-3-118.
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 420 p. Contains: Unspecified. Early Modern Cultural Studies. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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