A Caribbean enlightenment: intellectual life in the British and French colonial worlds, 1750-1792

"Explores the intersection of Enlightenment ideas and colonial realities amongst White, male colonists in the eighteenth-century French and British Caribbean. For them, becoming 'enlightened' meant diversion, status seeking, satisfying curiosity about the tropical environment, and mak...

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1. Verfasser: Shelford, April (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Ideas in context
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Zusammenfassung:"Explores the intersection of Enlightenment ideas and colonial realities amongst White, male colonists in the eighteenth-century French and British Caribbean. For them, becoming 'enlightened' meant diversion, status seeking, satisfying curiosity about the tropical environment, and making sense of the brutal societies and the enslaved Africans"--
Beschreibung:xvii, 386 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9781009360807
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