Trading places : colonization and slavery in eighteenth-century F rench culture - Dobie, Madeleine (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-326) and index.
Keywords: French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Colonies in literature; Slavery in literature; Orientalism in literature; Colonization -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 18th century; Slavery -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 18th century; Orientalism -- France -- History -- 18th century; Material culture -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 18th cent ury; France -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century; France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century