Format:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780813055237
Series Statement:
Contested Boundaries
Content:
In Creole City, Nathalie Dessens opens a window onto antebellum New Orleans during a time of rapid expansion and dizzying change. The story-rooted in the Sainte-Gême Family Papers harbored at The Historic New Orleans Collection-follows the twenty-year correspondence of Jean Boze to Henri de Ste-Gême, both refugees from Saint-Domingue. Exploring parts of the city's early nineteenth-century history that have previously been neglected, Dessens examines how New Orleans came to symbolize progress, adventure, and culture to so many. Through Boze's letters, readers witness the convergence of new Am
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; 1. Adventure; 2. Extremes; 3. Progress; 4. Crossroads; 5. Cultures; 6. The Creole Capital; Conclusion; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813055237
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813060200
Additional Edition:
Print version Creole City : A Chronicle of Early American New Orleans
Language:
English
Keywords:
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