Description
Book SynopsisTraces the ways in which negative attitudes toward blacks became deeply embedded in French culture. Examining the forces that shaped these views, this book shows the inequality of French interactions with blacks in Africa and in the slave colonies of the West Indies. It is useful for those dealing with issues of racism, ethnicity, and identity.
Trade Review"As French and American historians of France are revisiting the history of French racism today, William B. Cohen's book is more important than ever. It has become a classic." Nancy L. Green
Table of ContentsTable of Contents:
Foreword James D. LeSueur
Preface
Introduction
1. The Impulse ot Inequality
2. The Establishment of Slave Societies
3. The Philosophes and Africa
4. Three Patterns of Interaction: West Indies, France, and Senegal
5. The Issue of Slavery
6. The Rise of Imperialism
7. The Nineteenth Century Confronts Slavery
8. Scientific Racism
9. The Lure of Empire
Afterword
Notes
Index
