A study of British imperialismpsquo;s imaginative geography, exploring the pairing of India and the Atlantic, from literature to colonial policy
In this lively book, Ashley Cohen reveals how eighteenth-century Britons saw the empireedash;not as separate Atlantic and Indian spheres but as an interconnected mdquo;Indies.tdquo; Crisscrossing the hemispheres, Cohen traces global histories of race, slavery, and class. She also locates empire squo;s presence at home, in metropolitan scenes of fashionable sociability. Combining literary studies and new imperial history, Cohen demonstrates how the imaginative geography of the Indies shaped the culture of British imperialism, which then changed the shape of the world.
