Caribbean enlightenment, a: intellectual life in the british and french colonial worlds, 1750–1792
Auteur :
Shelford, April G.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009360838
Date de publication :
20 mars 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
585 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.