"There are no slaves in France" : the political culture of race and slavery in the Ancien Regime / / Sue Peabody

• Autore: Peabody Sue <1960->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1996
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 210 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.896/044/09033
• Soggetto topico: Racism - France - History - 18th century; Black people - Legal status, laws, etc - France - History - 18th century; Political culture - France - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: France Race relations History 18th century
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; 1. Slavery in France: The Problem and Early Responses; 2. The Case of Jean Boucaux v. Verdelin: Fashioning the National Myth of Liberty; 3. The Impact of the Declaration of 1738: Nantes, La Rochelle, and Paris; 4. Notions of Race in the Eighteenth Century; 5. Crisis: Blacks in the Capital, 1762; 6. Antislavery and Antidespotism: 1760-1771; 7. The Police des Noirs, 1776-1777; 8. Erosion of the Police des Noirs; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: "There are no slaves in France"
• ISBN: 9780195356298; 0195356292; 9781280558764; 1280558768; 9780585327884; 0585327882; 9780195158663; 0195158660; 9780199854448; 0199854440
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961061703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II