This edited collection considers Black peoples and their history in France and the French Empire during the modern era, from the eighteenth century to the prese

Even though there were relatively few people of color in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women in particular appeared repeatedly

A free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org

This open access book examines the question of collecting and disseminating data on ethnicity and race in order to describe characteristics of ethnic and racial