Trading places : colonization and slavery in eighteenth-century F rench culture /
Madeleine Dobie.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- xv, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-326) and index.
Part 1: East meets West -- Reorienting slavery -- Oriental veneers - - The "fabric of two worlds" -- Part 2: Savages and slaves -- The trope of colonial encounter -- Slaves and the Noble Savage -- Part 3: Libert y, equality, economy -- Colonial political economy -- Economic sentimen ts.
French literature -- History and criticism.-- 18th century Colonies in literature. Slavery in literature. Orientalism in literature. Colonization -- Social aspects -- History -- France -- 18th century. Slavery -- Social aspects -- History -- France -- 18th century. Orientalism -- History -- France -- 18th century. Material culture -- Social aspects -- History -- France -- 18th cent ury.
France -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century. France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.