The Sun King's Atlantic : drugs, demons and dyestuffs in the Atlantic world, 1640-1730 / by Jutta Wimmler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wimmler, Jutta, author.

Series:

Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 33.

Atlantic World, 1570-0542 ; Volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atlantic Ocean Region--Commerce--History.

Atlantic Ocean Region.

Caribbean Area--Commerce--France--History.

Caribbean Area.

Africa, West--Commerce--France--History.

Africa, West.

France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.

France.

France--Colonies--America--Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

In The Sun King’s Atlantic , Jutta Wimmler reveals the many surprising ways in which the Atlantic world channeled cultural developments during the age of the Sun King. Although hardly visible for contemporaries at the time, Africa and America were omnipresent throughout early modern France: in the textile industry, pharmaceutics, medicine, scientific methods, religious discourse, and court theatre. The book moves beyond typical plantation crops and the slave trade to illustrate how a focus on Europe challenges us to rethink the place of Africa in the early modern world.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Sugar and Slaves? French Atlantic Trade before 1730

The Fashionable Atlantic: Innovation and Consumption

Body Matters: Remedies, Foodstuffs and Cosmetics

The Iatrochemical Advantage: Methods for an Expanding World

Perfect French Subjects: Staging the Atlantic World

Devils and Martyrs: Religious Concepts Travel the Globe

Epilogue

Annex: Tables

Sources

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-33608-7

OCLC:

968246465

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004336087 DOI