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There are no slaves in France : the political culture of race and slavery in the Ancien Régime /

There Are No Slaves in France examines the paradoxical emergence of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peabody, Sue, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:There Are No Slaves in France examines the paradoxical emergence of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedom. Based on various archival sources, this work will be of interest not only to historians of slavery and France, but to scholars interested in the emergence of modern culture in the Atlantic world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 210 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.
ISBN:0585327882
9780585327884
0195158660
9780195158663
9780199854448
0199854440
Acceso:Purchased with a license for unlimited simultaneous UFV users.