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1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
" ... 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"-- Provided by publisher |
Contents |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Slavery -- West Indies, French -- History.
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Slavery. |
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History. |
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Slavery -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History.
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France -- Colonies -- America -- History.
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France. |
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Colonies. |
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America. |
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New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Social conditions.
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Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Vidal, Cécile. Caribbean New Orleans. Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] 9781469645186 (DLC) 2018058605 (OCoLC)1052405884 |
ISBN |
9781469645193 (electronic book) |
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146964519X (electronic book) |
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9781469645209 (electronic book) |
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1469645203 (electronic book) |
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9781469645186 |
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1469645181 |
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