Worlds Apart: The Market and the Theater in Anglo-American Thought, 1550-1750

by Jean-Christophe Agnew

Book Overview

Drawing on a variety of disciplines and documents, Professor Agnew illuminates one of the most fascinating chapters in the formations of Anglo-American market culture. Worlds Apart traces the history of our concepts of the marketplace and the theatre and the ways in which these concepts are bound together. Focusing on Britain and America in the years 1550 to 1750, the book discusses the forms and conventions that structured both commerce and theatre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521379105
• ISBN13: 9780521379106
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"