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CONSUMER CHOICES IN MARTINIQUE AND SAINT-DOMINGUE: 1740-1780

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2012, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
If an inhabitant of Saint-Pierre or Cap Français wanted to emulate the life of a European, what goods and foods were available to them? This thesis examines the flow of consumer goods that tied France’s West Indian colonies to the metopole. It argues that the ports of Bordeaux and Marseille connected the Caribbean consumers to a dense web of regional European trade routes which supplied them with a plethora of manufactured goods. Elites in the islands were able follow French fashions from a distance but often adapted metropolitan objects, such as kerchiefs, to fit homegrown styles. In contrast to this mixing, the diet of West Indies was highly stratified with elites successfully recreating the foodways of France and slaves subsisting on cheap proteins.
Carla Pestana, Dr. (Advisor)
Andrew Cayton, Dr. (Committee Member)
Clair Goldstein, Dr. (Committee Member)

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  • Dial, A. (2012). CONSUMER CHOICES IN MARTINIQUE AND SAINT-DOMINGUE: 1740-1780 [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1345157173

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dial, Andrew. CONSUMER CHOICES IN MARTINIQUE AND SAINT-DOMINGUE: 1740-1780. 2012. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1345157173.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dial, Andrew. "CONSUMER CHOICES IN MARTINIQUE AND SAINT-DOMINGUE: 1740-1780." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1345157173

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)