Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic

Jennifer L. Palmer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Intimate Bonds

Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic

Jennifer L. Palmer

In the series The Early Modern Americas

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293067

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About this book

Following the stories of families who built their lives and fortunes across the Atlantic Ocean, Intimate Bonds shows how households anchored the French empire and shaped the meanings of race, slavery, and gender in the early modern period.

Author / Editor information

Jennifer L. Palmer teaches history at the University of Georgia.

Reviews

"Intimate Bonds is a deeply-researched book that offers an important intervention in the fields of early modern French and French Atlantic history. Analyzing a broader range of actors than previous historians, Jennifer L. Palmer sheds important new light on the contested, constructed, and shifting meanings of 'race' in the French Atlantic world."—Brett Rushforth, University of Oregon

"A striking and original study that will engage both scholars and students in its vivid exploration of families and people in eighteenth-century Atlantic France. Extensive and detailed archival research undergirds each narrative gem. The prose is simple and lively, hiding the author's hard work of empirically verifying familial and historical connections."—Sue Peabody, Washington State University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Abbrevations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Interracial Intimacy in the French Atlantic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Proximity and Distance in Plantation Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2. Legitimating Authority Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 3. Navigating Transatlantic Separations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter 4. Economies of Race and Gender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Chapter 5. What’s in a Name? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 6. Negotiating Patriarchy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Epilogue Race from Colonialism to Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: 6 illus.
Keywords: American History; Latin American Studies; Caribbean Studies; American Studies

eBook

Published: July 28, 2016
ISBN: 9780812293067