Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-292) and index.
Contents
Introduction. The power of the media during the eighteenth century ; The underlying rhetorical structure of the images -- The colonies are a snake. The image of the snake in America ; The image of the snake in Britain -- The colonies are an Indian. The image of the Indian in Britain ; The image of the Indian in America -- The colonies are a child. The image of the child in Britain ; The image of the child in America -- Uncommon images of the colonies. The colonies are a part of the British empire ; The colonies are distinct and united ; The colonies are the limbs or the child of Britannia ; The colonies are a neoclassical god or goddess ; The colonies are an Indian or a rattlesnake ; The colonies are animals.