Adam Sills
Biographic Data
| ID | 5641183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Sills |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Sills |
| SIGNATURE | SILLS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hofstra University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Defoe and Britain
This chapter examines Daniel Defoe’s progressive view of Great Britain as a social, political, cultural, and commercial entity. Against the grain of more nostalgic, backwards-looking idealizations of Britain in antiquarian and historical writing, Defoe anticipated a more glorious and prosperous future. His optimism was based on a view of the British nation as mixed, which inclined him to promote (Protestant) immigration and toleration, and to cel…
Eighteenth‐Century Cartographic Studies
Eighteenth‐century cartographic studies is a interdisciplinary field that has been and continues to be shaped by the Foucauldian approach popularized by J. B. Harley, who argues for a decidedly political and ideological interpretation of the map and its history. Within this theoretical paradigm, the map is seen as a form of knowledge that facilitates the hegemonic and unilateral exercise of power, especially as it relates to the formation of the …
Surveying "The Map of Slavery" in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko
Surveying "The Map of Slavery" in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko Adam Sills (bio) "Wouldst thou the map of slavery survey, And the dire circuit of trade display, Dart thy astonsh'd eye o'er distant land, From Senegal to Gambia's burning sands, Pursue the blushing lines to Congo's shore, Then traverse many a league, Benguela o'er, Career immense! o'er which the merchant reigns, And drags reluctant MILLIONS in chains!" —Samuel Jackson Pratt, Humanity; or, T…
Eighteenth‐Century Cartographic Studies
Eighteenth‐century cartographic studies is a interdisciplinary field that has been and continues to be shaped by the Foucauldian approach popularized by J. B. Harley, who argues for a decidedly political and ideological interpretation of the map and its history. Within this theoretical paradigm, the map is seen as a form of knowledge that facilitates the hegemonic and unilateral exercise of power, especially as it relates to the formation of the …
Surveying "The Map of Slavery" in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko
Surveying "The Map of Slavery" in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko Adam Sills (bio) "Wouldst thou the map of slavery survey, And the dire circuit of trade display, Dart thy astonsh'd eye o'er distant land, From Senegal to Gambia's burning sands, Pursue the blushing lines to Congo's shore, Then traverse many a league, Benguela o'er, Career immense! o'er which the merchant reigns, And drags reluctant MILLIONS in chains!" —Samuel Jackson Pratt, Humanity; or, T…
Surveying "The Map of Slavery" in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko
Surveying "The Map of Slavery" in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko Adam Sills (bio) "Wouldst thou the map of slavery survey, And the dire circuit of trade display, Dart thy astonsh'd eye o'er distant land, From Senegal to Gambia's burning sands, Pursue the blushing lines to Congo's shore, Then traverse many a league, Benguela o'er, Career immense! o'er which the merchant reigns, And drags reluctant MILLIONS in chains!" —Samuel Jackson Pratt, Humanity; or, T…
Eighteenth‐Century Cartographic Studies
Eighteenth‐century cartographic studies is a interdisciplinary field that has been and continues to be shaped by the Foucauldian approach popularized by J. B. Harley, who argues for a decidedly political and ideological interpretation of the map and its history. Within this theoretical paradigm, the map is seen as a form of knowledge that facilitates the hegemonic and unilateral exercise of power, especially as it relates to the formation of the …
Defoe and Britain
This chapter examines Daniel Defoe’s progressive view of Great Britain as a social, political, cultural, and commercial entity. Against the grain of more nostalgic, backwards-looking idealizations of Britain in antiquarian and historical writing, Defoe anticipated a more glorious and prosperous future. His optimism was based on a view of the British nation as mixed, which inclined him to promote (Protestant) immigration and toleration, and to cel…
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