1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461571303321

Autore

Weiss Gillian Lee

Titolo

Captives and corsairs [[electronic resource] ] : France and slavery in the early modern Mediterranean / / Gillian Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-7784-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/620961

Soggetti

Slavery - Africa, North - History

French - Africa, North - History

Slaves - Emancipation - Africa, North - History

Slavery - Political aspects - France - History

Pirates - Africa, North - History

Electronic books.

France Relations Africa, North

Africa, North Relations France

Africa, North History 1517-1882

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mediterranean slavery -- Salvation without the state -- Manumission and absolute monarchy -- Bombarding Barbary -- Emancipation in an age of enlightenment -- Liberation and empire from the Revolution to Napoleon -- Barbary slavery in black and white -- The conquest of Algiers.

Sommario/riassunto

French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean.