Harrigan Frontiers of servitude

Slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2225-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, Band 7, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies

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 strategic approaches in interacting with slaves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrigan, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Narrative and servitude
2. Slave economies
3. The labouring body
4. Spheres of knowledge
5. Tensions, order, and the body
6. Society and slaves
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Harrigan is a specialist in the history and literature of early modern European initiatives in the Americas, Africa and Asia. His publications include Veiled Encounters: Representing the Orient in 17th-Century French Travel Literature (2008)