Trading places : colonization and slavery in eighteenth-century French culture / Madeleine Dobie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobie, Madeleine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--18th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Colonies in literature.

Slavery in literature.

Orientalism in literature.

Colonization--Social aspects--France--History--18th century.

Colonization.

Slavery--Social aspects--France--History--18th century.

Slavery.

Orientalism--France--History--18th century.

Orientalism.

Material culture--Social aspects--France--History--18th century.

Material culture.

Colonies.

History.

Material culture--Social aspects.

Slavery--Social aspects.

Colonization--Social aspects.

France--Colonies--History--18th century.

France.

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.

Contents:

Reorienting slavery

Oriental veneers

The "fabric of two worlds"

The trope of colonial encounter

Slaves and the noble savage

Colonial political economy

Economic sentiments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801449024

0801449022

9780801476099

0801476097

OCLC:

617604022