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• Winner of Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Lousiana History 2009 (United States)
• Winner of Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Lousiana History 2009.

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Break[s] fresh analytical and methodological ground and respond[s] intelligently to alternative explanatory models pertaining to [its] respective subject. [It is a] significant contribution that will elicit scholarly engagement. -- John David Smith Florida Historical Quarterly A sophisticated navigation of the intersections of race, status, and sexuality and the permeability of each boundary. -- Marilyn Westerkamp Journal of Southern History This thoroughly researched, extremely well-documented study gives us a clear understanding of how rulers constantly had to negotiate between what would ensure stability in the colony, what morality commanded, and what their perception of races suggested. -- Nathalie Dessens Journal of American History An impressive study of the role played by race and sex in creating the familiar racial hierarchy of early New Orleans. Among Spear's many contributions is her detailed uncovering of the competing definitions of race as well as arguments about just what relationships between the various races should look like. -- Jeffrey E. Anderson Journal of American Ethnic History Spear opens a window into New Orleanians' legal affairs regarding race under different regimes with distinct legal traditions. -- Anthony J. Stanonis Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology A wonderful survey of race relations in colonial Louisiana... Bringing things down to an individual level she manages to fuse the micro and macro, creating a layered portrait of colonial society. Her focus on women, their avenues for freedom, and the different responses to their prescribed social role make this interesting for scholars of the regulation of human sexuality, not just race history. -- Katrina Gulliver Itinerario

Break[s] fresh analytical and methodological ground and respond[s] intelligently to alternative explanatory models pertaining to [its] respective subject. [It is a] significant contribution that will elicit scholarly engagement. -- John David Smith * Florida Historical Quarterly * A sophisticated navigation of the intersections of race, status, and sexuality and the permeability of each boundary. -- Marilyn Westerkamp * Journal of Southern History * An impressive study of the role played by race and sex in creating the familiar racial hierarchy of early New Orleans. Among Spear's many contributions is her detailed uncovering of the competing definitions of race as well as arguments about just what relationships between the various races should look like. -- Jeffrey E. Anderson * Journal of American Ethnic History * Spear opens a window into New Orleanians' legal affairs regarding race under different regimes with distinct legal traditions. -- Anthony J. Stanonis * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology * A wonderful survey of race relations in colonial Louisiana... Bringing things down to an individual level she manages to fuse the micro and macro, creating a layered portrait of colonial society. Her focus on women, their avenues for freedom, and the different responses to their prescribed social role make this interesting for scholars of the regulation of human sexuality, not just race history. -- Katrina Gulliver * Itinerario * This thoroughly researched, extremely well-documented study gives us a clear understanding of how rulers constantly had to negotiate between what would ensure stability in the colony, what morality commanded, and what their perception of races suggested. -- Nathalie Dessens * Journal of American History *

Break[s] fresh analytical and methodological ground and respond[s] intelligently to alternative explanatory models pertaining to [its] respective subject. [It is a] significant contribution that will elicit scholarly engagement. -- John David Smith * Florida Historical Quarterly * A sophisticated navigation of the intersections of race, status, and sexuality and the permeability of each boundary. -- Marilyn Westerkamp * Journal of Southern History * This thoroughly researched, extremely well-documented study gives us a clear understanding of how rulers constantly had to negotiate between what would ensure stability in the colony, what morality commanded, and what their perception of races suggested. -- Nathalie Dessens * Journal of American History * An impressive study of the role played by race and sex in creating the familiar racial hierarchy of early New Orleans. Among Spear's many contributions is her detailed uncovering of the competing definitions of race as well as arguments about just what relationships between the various races should look like. -- Jeffrey E. Anderson * Journal of American Ethnic History * Spear opens a window into New Orleanians' legal affairs regarding race under different regimes with distinct legal traditions. -- Anthony J. Stanonis * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology * A wonderful survey of race relations in colonial Louisiana... Bringing things down to an individual level she manages to fuse the micro and macro, creating a layered portrait of colonial society. Her focus on women, their avenues for freedom, and the different responses to their prescribed social role make this interesting for scholars of the regulation of human sexuality, not just race history. -- Katrina Gulliver * Itinerario *

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Jennifer M. Spear is an associate professor of history at Simon Fraser University.

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