05158nam 2200781Ia 450 991077914830332120230328221911.00-8122-2227-X1-283-89054-20-8122-0356-910.9783/9780812203561(CKB)2550000000104580(OCoLC)802052848(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576131(SSID)ssj0000811925(PQKBManifestationID)12344623(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811925(PQKBWorkID)10851142(PQKB)10334024(SSID)ssj0000686558(PQKBManifestationID)11481442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686558(PQKBWorkID)10733024(PQKB)10839166(MdBmJHUP)muse18481(DE-B1597)449191(OCoLC)1013957180(OCoLC)979753707(DE-B1597)9780812203561(Au-PeEL)EBL3441690(CaPaEBR)ebr10576131(CaONFJC)MIL420304(MiAaPQ)EBC3441690(EXLCZ)99255000000010458020081202d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSweet liberty[electronic resource] the final days of slavery in Martinique /Rebecca Hartkopf SchlossPhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20091 online resource (311 p.)Early American studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-4172-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Introduction. Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique --Chapter one. "That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French": The Early Napoleonic Period --Chapter two. "Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession": The British Occupation of Martinique --Chapter three. "Your French and Loyal Hearts": The First Decade of the Restoration --Chapter four. "In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself with Slaves": Shifts in Colonial Policy --Chapter five. "To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color": Changing Ideas of French Citizenship --Chapter six. "Amelioration of the White Race" and "The Sacred Rights of Property": The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic --Conclusion --Abbreviations --Notes --Index --AcknowledgmentsFrom its founding, Martinique played an integral role in France's Atlantic empire. Established in the mid-seventeenth century as a colonial outpost against Spanish and English dominance in the Caribbean, the island was transformed by the increase in European demand for sugar, coffee, and indigo. Like other colonial subjects, Martinicans met the labor needs of cash-crop cultivation by establishing plantations worked by enslaved Africans and by adopting the rigidly hierarchical social structure that accompanied chattel slavery. After Haiti gained its independence in 1804, Martinique's economic importance to the French empire increased. At the same time, questions arose, both in France and on the island, about the long-term viability of the plantation system, including debates about the ways colonists-especially enslaved Africans and free mixed-race individuals-fit into the French nation.Sweet Liberty chronicles the history of Martinique from France's reacquisition of the island from the British in 1802 to the abolition of slavery in 1848. Focusing on the relationship between the island's widely diverse society and the various waves of French and British colonial administrations, Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss provides a compelling account of Martinique's social, political, and cultural dynamics during the final years of slavery in the French empire. Schloss explores how various groups-Creole and metropolitan elites, petits blancs, gens de couleur, and enslaved Africans-interacted with one another in a constantly shifting political environment and traces how these interactions influenced the colony's debates around identity, citizenship, and the boundaries of the French nation.Based on extensive archival research in Europe and the Americas, Sweet Liberty is a groundbreaking study of a neglected region that traces how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the Atlantic.Early American studies.SlaveryMartiniqueHistoryEnslaved personsMartiniqueHistoryMartiniqueHistoryCaribbean Studies.European History.Latin American Studies.World History.SlaveryHistory.Enslaved personsHistory.306.3/620972982Schloss Rebecca Hartkopf1970-1519708MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779148303321Sweet liberty3757975UNINA02664nam 2200565Ia 450 991078634870332120230501175547.00-8179-4553-9(CKB)2670000000276554(EBL)1370744(SSID)ssj0000798857(PQKBManifestationID)11436996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798857(PQKBWorkID)10755035(PQKB)10700008(MiAaPQ)EBC3301862(Au-PeEL)EBL3301862(CaPaEBR)ebr10622915(CaONFJC)MIL551721(OCoLC)839305096(EXLCZ)99267000000027655420040223d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLeviathan the growth of local government and the erosion of liberty /Clint BolickStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford Universityc20041 online resource (228 pages) illustrationsHoover Institution Press publication ;no. 531Description based upon print version of record.0-8179-4552-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Nature of the Beast; 1. Leviathan; 2. Federalism: The Grand Design; 3. The Curious Evolution of Federalism; Part Two: The Erosion of Liberty; 4. Freedom of Commerce and Enterprise; 5. Private-Property Rights; 6. Freedom of Speech; 7. The Right to Be Left Alone; 8. Racial Discrimination; 9. The Government School System; Part Three: Taming the Beast; 10. Fighting Big Government at the Local Level; Notes; About the Author; IndexIn Leviathan, renowned public interest attorney Bolick describes how the unchecked growth of local governments is eroding our nation's productive vitality and threatening us with ""grassroots tyranny""?and ultimately reveals that, although the rules are often rigged in favor of local governments and against ordinary citizens, we can take action to rein in these bureaucracies.Hoover Institution Press publication ;531.Local governmentUnited StatesCivil rightsUnited StatesLocal governmentCivil rights320.8/0973Bolick Clint1525278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786348703321Leviathan3766555UNINA