British American Poetry On Empire, Politics, And Commerce, 1690-1750

From 1690 to 1750, this dataset comprises a curated collection of over 300 poems from British America, sourced from pamphlets and newspapers. It was compiled by William L. Sachse to critically reconstitute the literature of empire across the thirteen colonies, Canada, and the West Indies. The poems focus on themes of mercantilism, metropolitan versus provincial rights, and the morality of trade versus conquest.

Use Cases

• Analyze thematic evolution of imperial ideology based on the described focus on mercantilism and morality.
• Conduct sentiment or discourse analysis on political debates based on the described issues of metropolitan versus provincial rights.
• Study the intersection of commerce and literature based on the described poems about trade and wealth transmission.
• Perform comparative literary analysis across colonial regions based on the described coverage of the thirteen colonies, Canada, and the West Indies.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific and historically significant 60-year period from 1690 to 1750.
• Includes over 300 texts, providing a substantial corpus for analysis.
• Sourced from mixed print and manuscript materials, including pamphlets and newspapers.

Limitations

• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

William L. Sachse, via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Compilation and critical reconstitution from historical print and manuscript sources.

Time Range

1690-1750

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

British America (thirteen colonies, Canada, West Indies)