Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic /

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Based on little-examined printed and archival sources, this book explores the fundamental ideas behind early French thinking about Atlantic slavery, c. 1620-1750. It analyses the three central questions of what made one a slave, of what was unique about Caribbean labour, and the implications of stra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harrigan, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Series:Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Slavery > Caribbean, French-speaking > History.
Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects > Caribbean, French-speaking.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Slavery.
Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social conditions.
Esclavage > Antilles françaises > Histoire.
Esclavage > Dans la litterature.
Caribbean, French-speaking > Social conditions > 17th century.
Caribbean, French-speaking > Social conditions > 18th century.
Caribbean Area, French-speaking.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Narrative and servitude
  • Slave economies
  • The labouring body
  • Spheres of knowledge
  • Tensions, order, and the body
  • Society and slaves.

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