Author : Miranda Frances Spieler
Release : 2012-01-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 548/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Empire and Underworld by : Miranda Frances Spieler
Download or read book Empire and Underworld written by Miranda Frances Spieler. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen—the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups.