France and the American Tropics to 1700: Tropics of Discontent?
Zoomicon-zoom-in
France and the American Tropics to 1700: Tropics of Discontent?
France and the American Tropics to 1700: Tropics of Discontent?

France and the American Tropics to 1700: Tropics of Discontent?

By
Philip P. Boucher (Author)  

Paperback

Available / dispatched within 1 - 4 weeks

Quantity
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, climate, and flora and fauna of the region, Boucher recreates the tropical environment in which colonists and indigenous peoples interacted. He then examines the lives and activities of the region's inhabitants-the indigenous Island Caribs, landowning settlers, indentured servants, African slaves, and people of mixed blood, the gens de couleur. He argues that the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were not merely a prelude to the classic plantation regime model. Rather, they were an era presenting a variety of possible outcomes. 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. 25 Line drawings, black and white CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning -No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
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.
  • Contributor: Philip P. Boucher
  • Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780801887260
  • Number of Pages: 392
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x23mm
  • Packaged Weight: 522
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Release Date: 2008-02-19
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: 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.

Delivery Options

Home Delivery

Store Delivery

Free Returns

We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.