ISBN:
146964519X
,
1469645203
,
9781469645193
,
9781469645209
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vidal, Cécile Caribbean New Orleans
DDC:
306.3/620976335
Keywords:
Slavery History
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Slavery History
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HISTORY ; United States ; Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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French colonies
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Race relations
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Slavery
;
Social conditions
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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History
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New Orleans (La.) Race relations
;
History
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France Colonies
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History
;
New Orleans (La.) History
;
Social conditions
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New Orleans (La.) Social conditions 18th century
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America
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Lesser Antilles ; West Indies, French
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Louisiana ; New Orleans
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Electronic books
Abstract:
" ... Offers a lively portrait of the city and a probing investigation of the French colonists who established racial slavery there as well as the African slaves who were forced to toil for them. Casting early New Orleans as a Caribbean outpost of the French Empire rather than as a North American frontier town, Cécile Vidal reveals the persistent influence of the Antilles, especially Saint-Domingue, which shaped the city's development through the eighteenth century"--
Abstract:
Introduction: When the Levees Rose -- A Port City of the French Empire and the Greater Caribbean -- The City with Imaginary Walls: The Natchez Wars, Slave Unrest, and the Construction of a White Urban Community -- The Hustle and Bustle of City Life: The Politics of Public Space and Racial Formation -- "The Mulatto of the House": The Racial Line within Domestic Households and Residential Institutions -- "A Scandalous Commerce": The Disorder of Families -- "American Politics": Slavery, Labor, and Race -- "Everybody Wants to Be a Merchant": Trade, Credit, and Honor -- Lash of the Tongue, Lash of the Whip: The Formation and Transformation of Racial Categories and Practices -- From "Louisians" to "Louisianais": The Emergence of a Sense of Place and the Racial Divide -- Conclusion. From Louisiana to Saint-Domingue and from Saint-Domingue to Louisiana.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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