By flesh and toil : how sex, race, and labor shaped the early French empire / Mélanie Lamotte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamotte, Mélanie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--France--Colonies--History.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Atlantic Ocean Region--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Indian Ocean Region--Social conditions.

Enslaved women--Violence against--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Enslaved women.

Enslaved women--Violence against--Indian Ocean Region--History.

Interracial marriage--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Interracial marriage.

Interracial marriage--Indian Ocean Region--History.

Multiracial people--Legal status, laws, etc--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Multiracial people.

Multiracial people--Legal status, laws, etc--Indian Ocean Region--History.

Human reproduction--Economic aspects--France--Colonies--History.

Human reproduction.

France--Colonies--Race relations--History.

France.

Physical Description:

xvi, 350 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"In By Flesh and Toil, Mélanie Lamotte explores the rise of the French Empire across both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Charting the development of a pan-imperial legal culture of race, she also shows how people of African, Malagasy, South Asian, and Native American descent played key roles in shaping the Empire and setting its limits."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. A Tale of Two Mariannes

Chapter 1. "We Shall Be One People"

Chapter 2. Shifting Strategies

Chapter 3. Empire of MeÌtissage

Chapter 4. Unifying Racial Policies

Chapter 5. Sex and Racial Power

Chapter 6. Empire of Labor

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lamotte, Mélanie By flesh and toil

ISBN:

9780674272835

0674272838

OCLC:

1522761334