Empire and underworld : captivity in French Guiana /
In the century after the French Revolution, the South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for exiles--outcasts of the new French citizenry--and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Miranda Spieler chronicles the encounter betwe...
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Main Author: | Spieler, Miranda Frances, 1971- |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2012.
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Series: | Harvard historical studies ;
v. 174. |
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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