Chapter 3 The Labottière Printing House: An Information Hub

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Building a Printing and Bookselling Dynasty in an Atlantic Port 13
8. Chapter 2 Shipping Books from Paris and Abroad: The Labottière Bookselling Businesses 42
9. Chapter 3 The Labottière Printing House: An Information Hub 87
10. Chapter 4 The Labottières as Agents of the French State 126
11. Chapter 5 From Policemen to Policed: The Labottières as Victims of Repression 147
12. Chapter 6 Beyond Books: Textiles, Sugar and the Martinique Connection 174
13. Chapter 7 Framing the French Revolution in Martinique and Saint-Domingue in the Journal de Bordeaux, 1790–1793 206
14. Chapter 8 Promoting the French Revolution in Bordeaux 241
15. Chapter 9 Crisis and the Collapse of the Labottière Firm 272
16. Conclusion 293
17. Appendix: Labottière Family Tree 302
18. Bibliography 310
19. Index 341