The epic histories of the French Revolution, Enlightenment, and colonialism in the West Indies, told through the history of one family.

Introduction
1 Building a Printing and Bookselling Dynasty in an Atlantic Port
2 Shipping Books from Paris and Abroad: The Labottière Bookselling Businesses
3 The Labottière Printing House: An Information Hub
4 Labottières as Agents of the French State
5 From Policemen to Policed: Labottières as Victims of Repression
6 Beyond Books: Textiles, Sugar and the Martinique Connection
7 Framing the French Revolution in Martinique and Saint Domingue in the Journal de Bordeaux, 1790-1793
8 Promoting the French Revolution in Bordeaux
9 Crisis and the Collapse of the Labottière Firm
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

JANE MCLEOD is Associate Professor of History at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.