| There Are No Slaves in France: The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Régime Contributor(s): Peabody, Sue (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195158660 ISBN-13: 9780195158663 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: 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. Based on various archival sources, this work will be of interest not only to historians of slavery and France, but to scholars interested in the emergence of modern culture in the Atlantic world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Lexile Measure: 1670 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
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| Publisher Description: 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. Based on various archival sources, this work will be of interest not only to historians of slavery and France, but to scholars interested in the emergence of modern culture in the Atlantic world. |