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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Main Author: Shelford, April (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press [2023]
Series:Ideas in context
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:xvii, 386 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9781009360807
9781009360838

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