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001 2012044366
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010 $a 2012044366
020 $a9780300166750 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aDA501$b.B38 2013
082 00 $a942.1/2073092$aB$223
100 1 $aGauci, Perry.
245 10 $aWilliam Beckford :$bfirst prime minister of the London empire /$cPerry Gauci.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $axi, 290 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aThe Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
520 $a"This first-ever biography of William Beckford provides a unique look at eighteenth-century British history from the perspective of the colonies. Even in his own time, Beckford was seen as a metaphor for the dramatic changes occurring during this era. He was born in 1709 into a family of wealthy sugar planters living in Jamaica, when the colonies were still peripheral to Britain. By the time he died in 1770, the colonies loomed large and were considered the source of Britain's growing global power. Beckford grew his fortune in Jamaica, but he spent most of his adult life in London, where he was elected Lord Mayor twice. He was one of the few politicians to have experienced imperial growing pains on both sides of the Atlantic, and his life offers a riveting look at how the expanding empire challenged existing political, social, and cultural norms."--$cPublisher's website.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-279) and index.
505 0 $aThe torrid zone -- Transatlantic man -- Fitting in -- Empire and patriotism -- The friend of liberty -- The cultural chameleon -- Apotheosis.
600 10 $aBeckford, William,$d1709-1770.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1727-1760.
650 0 $aMayors$zEngland$zLondon$vBiography.
650 0 $aMerchants$zEngland$zLondon$vBiography.