Rumors of revolution: song, sentiment, and sedition in colonial Louisiana
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Beteilige Person: Tsien, Jennifer 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Charlottesville ; London University of Virginia Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Writing the early Americas
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Abstract:"This book examines the exercise of royal power over colonial Louisiana in the eighteenth century, revealing the abuses that the French government could exert on its people against their will, ultimately establishing an overlooked implicit connection between histories of settler colonialism in the Americas and the fate of absolutism in Europe. Although the Louisiana colony is not traditionally considered a site of revolution, its mismanagement inspired increasing distrust and revolutionary sentiments against the ancien régime until its collapse. Afterward, the threat of revolution in the colony itself played a role in Spanish and French strategies in the Americas that resulted in the end of Napoleon's claims to this part of North America."
Umfang:vii, 235 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780813949604
9780813949611