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Research paper thumbnail of Communicating Health: Strategies for Health Promotion, Nova Corcoran (Ed.). Sage, London (2007), 220 pp., paper, $41.95

Public Relations Review, Jun 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana by Miranda Frances Spieler

Journal of World History, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Shannon Lee Dawdy, Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 344pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>35.00</mn><mi>h</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>k</mi><mo separator="true">;</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">35.00 hbk; </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">35.00</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03148em;">hbk</span><span class="mpunct">;</span></span></span></span>22.50 pbk. E-book (2009)

Urban History, Apr 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

... Publication data Schloss, rebecca Hartkopf, 1970– Sweet liberty : the final days of slavery i... more ... Publication data Schloss, rebecca Hartkopf, 1970– Sweet liberty : the final days of slavery in martinique / rebecca Hartkopf Schloss ... Sainte Anne Rivière Salée Rivière Pilote Marin Diamant Anses d'Arlets Trois Ilets Gros Morne Saint Pierre Carbet Lamentin Fort Royal/ Fort ...

Research paper thumbnail of Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies: The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789–1802, by William S. Cormack

New West Indian Guide, Jun 3, 2020

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Research paper thumbnail of Marc-Antoine Caillot and the Company of the Indies in Louisiana: Trade in the French Atlantic World. By Erin M. Greenwald.Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2016. Pp. xvi+224. $45.00

The Journal of Modern History, Jun 1, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Contentious Liberties: American Abolitionists in Post-Emancipation Jamaica, 1834–1866 (review)

Research paper thumbnail of MIRANDA FRANCES SPIELER. Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana

The American Historical Review, 2014

portrayal of new police mechanisms in action. The details of Kozma's depictions distract her from... more portrayal of new police mechanisms in action. The details of Kozma's depictions distract her from fully representing the legal system that preceded Ottoman reform, and her study, therefore, fails to convey the dynamics of change over time. Students of social history will nonetheless find in Kozma a worthy model, as from her pen, both state officials and subalterns emerge as historical subjects. Scholars of legal history will appreciate both the suggestions Kozma makes about the role of the courtroom in the evolution of the Egyptian state, and the variety of cases witnessed in khedival-state courtrooms. Policing Egyptian Women will find an eager audience in students of Egyptian history, legal history, women's history, and subaltern studies. Kozma's conclusions will manifest themselves in further studies, as will her models for writing history from the margins.

Research paper thumbnail of Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter four. “In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself with Slaves”: Shifts in Colonial Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Furthering Their Family Interests: Women, French Colonial Households, and Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic

Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter six. “Amelioration of the White Race” and “The Sacred Rights of Property”: The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter five. “To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color”: Changing Ideas of French Citizenship

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter three. “Your French and Loyal Hearts”: The First Decade of the Restoration

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter two. “Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession”: The British Occupation of Martinique

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction. Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter one. “That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French”: The Early Napoleonic Period

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Imagining the “grand colonial family” in French Guiana, 1819–1823

Atlantic Studies, 2014

This article examines trans-Atlantic debates about colonization in French Guiana between 1819 and... more This article examines trans-Atlantic debates about colonization in French Guiana between 1819 and 1823, the years immediately following the ban on the Atlantic Slave Trade and the governorship of Pierre Clément Laussat, a career administrator in the French Atlantic Empire. Drawing on official and private correspondence, published and unpublished reports, and numerous mémoires, it considers the variety of individuals involved in the discussion – merchants, colonists, soldiers, and French officials from around the Atlantic basin – and the many plans proposed to clear and settle the colony from sending free, enslaved, or indentured Africans to French Guiana to encouraging the migration of white Europeans or subsidizing the transport of colonists from France's former holdings in Louisiana and Saint Domingue. In so doing, it explores how ideas about race and place informed ideas about the future form of the French empire and the composition of the colonial family in the postrevolutionary Atlantic. It also illustrates the important connections among France's former and existing holdings in the Gulf South, the Caribbean, and Senegal, the complex personal and professional networks developed by individuals migrating, voluntarily or involuntarily, around the Atlantic basin after the close of the Napoleonic wars, and the ways individuals in France's pre- and postrevolutionary colonies built on such relationships to negotiate a new economic and political climate.

Research paper thumbnail of The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France (review)

Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The February 1831 Slave Uprising in Martinique and the Policing of White Identity

French Historical Studies, 2007

, about three hundred slaves attacked eleven plantations near the commercial center of Saint-Pier... more , about three hundred slaves attacked eleven plantations near the commercial center of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, as well as three homes in the city. According to official reports and eyewitness accounts, the incident started in the cane fields of Monsieur Perrinelle, a prominent creole, and soon spread as the group of slaves made their way from plantation to plantation. Along their route they invoked the revolutionary fervor that had recently swept France, singing to the tune of the "Parisienne," "march forward against the planters" and "wash our furrows with the blood of whites." On receiving news of the events, Martinique's new governor, contre-Amiral Jean Henri Joseph Dupotet, called the colonial militias-both white and mulatto-and rebecca Hartkopf Schloss is assistant professor of history at texas A&M University. She is writing a book on the construction of white identity in the early-nineteenth-century French Atlantic. the author thanks cyndy Bouton, Anthony Mora, Bill reddy, Steven Schloss, and members of the History Department Junior Faculty and the Melbern G. Glasscock center for Humanities research working groups for their comments on an earlier version of this article. She also extends her gratitude to the anonymous reviewers and the editors of French Historical Studies for their many helpful suggestions. the Program to enhance Scholarly and creative Achievement and the Department of History at texas A&M University provided generous research support. Unlike in the British or Spanish caribbean, throughout the eighteenth century and during the first half of the nineteenth century, in Martinique the term Creole always designated a white individual born in the colonies. When used by those born in the colonies, and in particular by the island's elites, it most often was intended as a compliment and implied that the individual understood the complexities of colonial life and, in particular, of the plantation system. When used by a French european, either in the colonies or in metropolitan France, the term Creole usually implied that an individual was uncultivated or uncivilized. Because it is often, though not always, capitalized in the original documents related to nineteenth-century Martinique, i capitalize the term here. For a recent discussion on the use of the term, see carolyn Allen, "creole then and Now: the Problem of Definition,"

Research paper thumbnail of Communicating Health: Strategies for Health Promotion, Nova Corcoran (Ed.). Sage, London (2007), 220 pp., paper, $41.95

Public Relations Review, Jun 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana by Miranda Frances Spieler

Journal of World History, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Shannon Lee Dawdy, Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 344pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>35.00</mn><mi>h</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>k</mi><mo separator="true">;</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">35.00 hbk; </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">35.00</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03148em;">hbk</span><span class="mpunct">;</span></span></span></span>22.50 pbk. E-book (2009)

Urban History, Apr 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

... Publication data Schloss, rebecca Hartkopf, 1970– Sweet liberty : the final days of slavery i... more ... Publication data Schloss, rebecca Hartkopf, 1970– Sweet liberty : the final days of slavery in martinique / rebecca Hartkopf Schloss ... Sainte Anne Rivière Salée Rivière Pilote Marin Diamant Anses d'Arlets Trois Ilets Gros Morne Saint Pierre Carbet Lamentin Fort Royal/ Fort ...

Research paper thumbnail of Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies: The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789–1802, by William S. Cormack

New West Indian Guide, Jun 3, 2020

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Research paper thumbnail of Marc-Antoine Caillot and the Company of the Indies in Louisiana: Trade in the French Atlantic World. By Erin M. Greenwald.Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2016. Pp. xvi+224. $45.00

The Journal of Modern History, Jun 1, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Contentious Liberties: American Abolitionists in Post-Emancipation Jamaica, 1834–1866 (review)

Research paper thumbnail of MIRANDA FRANCES SPIELER. Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana

The American Historical Review, 2014

portrayal of new police mechanisms in action. The details of Kozma's depictions distract her from... more portrayal of new police mechanisms in action. The details of Kozma's depictions distract her from fully representing the legal system that preceded Ottoman reform, and her study, therefore, fails to convey the dynamics of change over time. Students of social history will nonetheless find in Kozma a worthy model, as from her pen, both state officials and subalterns emerge as historical subjects. Scholars of legal history will appreciate both the suggestions Kozma makes about the role of the courtroom in the evolution of the Egyptian state, and the variety of cases witnessed in khedival-state courtrooms. Policing Egyptian Women will find an eager audience in students of Egyptian history, legal history, women's history, and subaltern studies. Kozma's conclusions will manifest themselves in further studies, as will her models for writing history from the margins.

Research paper thumbnail of Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter four. “In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself with Slaves”: Shifts in Colonial Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Furthering Their Family Interests: Women, French Colonial Households, and Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic

Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter six. “Amelioration of the White Race” and “The Sacred Rights of Property”: The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter five. “To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color”: Changing Ideas of French Citizenship

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter three. “Your French and Loyal Hearts”: The First Decade of the Restoration

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter two. “Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession”: The British Occupation of Martinique

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction. Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter one. “That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French”: The Early Napoleonic Period

The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique

Research paper thumbnail of Imagining the “grand colonial family” in French Guiana, 1819–1823

Atlantic Studies, 2014

This article examines trans-Atlantic debates about colonization in French Guiana between 1819 and... more This article examines trans-Atlantic debates about colonization in French Guiana between 1819 and 1823, the years immediately following the ban on the Atlantic Slave Trade and the governorship of Pierre Clément Laussat, a career administrator in the French Atlantic Empire. Drawing on official and private correspondence, published and unpublished reports, and numerous mémoires, it considers the variety of individuals involved in the discussion – merchants, colonists, soldiers, and French officials from around the Atlantic basin – and the many plans proposed to clear and settle the colony from sending free, enslaved, or indentured Africans to French Guiana to encouraging the migration of white Europeans or subsidizing the transport of colonists from France's former holdings in Louisiana and Saint Domingue. In so doing, it explores how ideas about race and place informed ideas about the future form of the French empire and the composition of the colonial family in the postrevolutionary Atlantic. It also illustrates the important connections among France's former and existing holdings in the Gulf South, the Caribbean, and Senegal, the complex personal and professional networks developed by individuals migrating, voluntarily or involuntarily, around the Atlantic basin after the close of the Napoleonic wars, and the ways individuals in France's pre- and postrevolutionary colonies built on such relationships to negotiate a new economic and political climate.

Research paper thumbnail of The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France (review)

Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The February 1831 Slave Uprising in Martinique and the Policing of White Identity

French Historical Studies, 2007

, about three hundred slaves attacked eleven plantations near the commercial center of Saint-Pier... more , about three hundred slaves attacked eleven plantations near the commercial center of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, as well as three homes in the city. According to official reports and eyewitness accounts, the incident started in the cane fields of Monsieur Perrinelle, a prominent creole, and soon spread as the group of slaves made their way from plantation to plantation. Along their route they invoked the revolutionary fervor that had recently swept France, singing to the tune of the "Parisienne," "march forward against the planters" and "wash our furrows with the blood of whites." On receiving news of the events, Martinique's new governor, contre-Amiral Jean Henri Joseph Dupotet, called the colonial militias-both white and mulatto-and rebecca Hartkopf Schloss is assistant professor of history at texas A&M University. She is writing a book on the construction of white identity in the early-nineteenth-century French Atlantic. the author thanks cyndy Bouton, Anthony Mora, Bill reddy, Steven Schloss, and members of the History Department Junior Faculty and the Melbern G. Glasscock center for Humanities research working groups for their comments on an earlier version of this article. She also extends her gratitude to the anonymous reviewers and the editors of French Historical Studies for their many helpful suggestions. the Program to enhance Scholarly and creative Achievement and the Department of History at texas A&M University provided generous research support. Unlike in the British or Spanish caribbean, throughout the eighteenth century and during the first half of the nineteenth century, in Martinique the term Creole always designated a white individual born in the colonies. When used by those born in the colonies, and in particular by the island's elites, it most often was intended as a compliment and implied that the individual understood the complexities of colonial life and, in particular, of the plantation system. When used by a French european, either in the colonies or in metropolitan France, the term Creole usually implied that an individual was uncultivated or uncivilized. Because it is often, though not always, capitalized in the original documents related to nineteenth-century Martinique, i capitalize the term here. For a recent discussion on the use of the term, see carolyn Allen, "creole then and Now: the Problem of Definition,"