Beschreibung:
The epic histories of the French Revolution, Enlightenment, and colonialism in the West Indies, told through the history of one family.
Introduction1 Building a Printing and Bookselling Dynasty in an Atlantic Port2 Shipping Books from Paris and Abroad: The Labottière Bookselling Businesses3 The Labottière Printing House: An Information Hub4 Labottières as Agents of the French State5 From Policemen to Policed: Labottières as Victims of Repression6 Beyond Books: Textiles, Sugar and the Martinique Connection7 Framing the French Revolution in Martinique and Saint Domingue in the Journal de Bordeaux, 1790-17938 Promoting the French Revolution in Bordeaux9 Crisis and the Collapse of the Labottière FirmConclusionBibliographyIndex