From Plantation to Paradise?: Cultural Politics and Musical Theatre in French Slave Colonies, 1764-1789 - David M. Powers - Books - Michigan State University Press - 9781611861204 - May 1, 2014
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From Plantation to Paradise?: Cultural Politics and Musical Theatre in French Slave Colonies, 1764-1789 1st edition


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A unique study of the impact of French operatic culture on the lives of all people in the French colonial plantation system--non-whites and whites, enslaved and freed. This in-depth study also examines the impact of slave uprisings, the French Revolution, and the emergence of "patriotic theatres."


218 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures, printed music items

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 1, 2014
ISBN13 9781611861204
Publishers Michigan State University Press
Pages 218
Dimensions 178 × 254 × 18 mm   ·   553 g
Language English  

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