France and the American Tropics to 1700
Philip P. Boucher
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Paperback. This original narrative demonstrates that the transition to sugar and the plantation complex was more gradual in the French properties than generally depicted-and that it was not inevitable. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Traditionally, the story of the Greater Caribbean has been dominated by the narrative of Iberian hegemony, British colonization, the plantation regime, and the Haitian Revolution of the eighteenth century. Relatively little is known about the society and culture of this region-and particularly France's role in them-in the two centuries prior to the rise of the plantation complex of the eighteenth century. Here, historian Philip P. Boucher offers the first comprehensive account of colonization and French society in the Caribbean. Boucher's analysis contrasts the structure and character of the French colonies with that of other colonial empires. Describing the geography, topography, ... Read more
Traditionally, the story of the Greater Caribbean has been dominated by the narrative of Iberian hegemony, British colonization, the plantation regime, and the Haitian Revolution of the eighteenth century. Relatively little is known about the society and culture of this region-and particularly France's role in them-in the two centuries prior to the rise of the plantation complex of the eighteenth century. Here, historian Philip P. Boucher offers the first comprehensive account of colonization and French society in the Caribbean. Boucher's analysis contrasts the structure and character of the French colonies with that of other colonial empires. Describing the geography, topography, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887260
SKU
V9780801887260
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About Philip P. Boucher
Philip P. Boucher is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and author of Cannibal Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for France and the American Tropics to 1700
A serious, richly detailed scholarly study that has an important place in the historiography of slavery.
Bernard Moitt World Sugar History Newsletter 2008 An important addition to the literature on Caribbean history and colonial societies in the 17th century. Choice 2008 Boucher writes with full sensitivity to the complex religious politics of France and Europe... fine book.
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Bernard Moitt World Sugar History Newsletter 2008 An important addition to the literature on Caribbean history and colonial societies in the 17th century. Choice 2008 Boucher writes with full sensitivity to the complex religious politics of France and Europe... fine book.
J. ... Read more