How Slaves Indigenized Themselves: The Architectural Cost Logs of French Colonial Mauritius

Carey discusses the French declaration in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, a zone of free trade. Mauritian merchants were able to conduct licit trade with ships from any country, any empire, or any region of the world. In generating precise records of the cost of Mauritian architecture) at a ti...

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Published inGrey room Vol. 71; no. 71; pp. 68 - 87
Main Author Carey, Dwight
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.06.2018
MIT Press Journals, The
Subjects
Architectural history
Architecture
Colonialism
Construction
Expenditures
Foreign trade zones
Free trade
Historians
Slavery
France
Mauritius
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Summary:Carey discusses the French declaration in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, a zone of free trade. Mauritian merchants were able to conduct licit trade with ships from any country, any empire, or any region of the world. In generating precise records of the cost of Mauritian architecture) at a time of unprecedented prosperity, French officials presented themselves as a competent and meticulous elite capable of overseeing architectural development in a burgeoning colony.
Bibliography:Spring, 2018
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ISSN:1526-3819
1536-0105
DOI:10.1162/grey_a_00242