Bad subjects : libertine lives in the French Atlantic, 1619-1814 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Jennifer J., 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Series:	France overseas.
Subjects:	Sex crimes > Law and legislation > France > History. Sex crimes > Law and legislation > France > Colonies > History. Sex customs > France > History. Sex customs > France > Colonies > History. France > Colonies > America > History. HISTORY / Europe / France French colonies. Sex crimes > Law and legislation. Sex customs. America. France. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Among the S*v*ges: The Viau Affair, 1619-1626
2. Locating the Libertines of New France, 1632-1765
3. A Colonial Liberty?: Sex and Race in the Louisiana Colony, 1698-1768
4. Libertines and S*v*ges: Explaining France's Defeat in the Seven Years' War, 1754-1773
5. A Race of Libertines: Gender, Family, and the Law in France, 1684-1789
6. Redeeming Libertines: The Désirade Experiment, 1762-1768
7. Racializing Libertines: Sex and the Law of Slavery in the French Antilles, 1763-1789
8. Aristocrats and Libertines: Disputing Liberties in the Age of Revolutions, 1784-1804
Epilogue: The Law and the Libertine, 1814
Notes
Bibliography
Index