Louisiana : crossroads of the atlantic world /

Louisiana: Crossroads of the Atlantic World offers an exceptional collaboration between American, Canadian, and European historians who explore the many ways and means of colonial Louisiana's relations with the rest of the Atlantic world.

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Vidal, C cile
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2014]
©2014
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Early american studies
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208733
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Summary: Louisiana: Crossroads of the Atlantic World offers an exceptional collaboration between American, Canadian, and European historians who explore the many ways and means of colonial Louisiana's relations with the rest of the Atlantic world.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 3 illus.
ISBN: 9780812208733
Index Number: F372
CLC: K712.9
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction. Louisiana in Atlantic Perspective /
Chapter 1. "To Establish One Law and Definite Rules": Race, Religion, and the Transatlantic Origins of the Louisiana Code Noir /
Chapter 2. Making a Career out of the Atlantic: Louisiana s Plume /
Chapter 3. Spanish Louisiana in Atlantic Contexts: Nexus of Imperial Transactions and International Relations /
Chapter 4. Slaves and Poor Whites Informal Economies in an Atlantic Context /
Chapter 5. "Un N gre nomm [sic] Lubin ne connaissant pas Sa Nation": The Small World of Louisiana Slavery /
Chapter 6. Caribbean Louisiana: Church, M tissage, and the Language of Race in the Mississippi Colony during the French Period /
Chapter 7. Private Lives and Public Orders: Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Legitimacy in Spanish Colonial Louisiana /
Chapter 8. Atlantic Alliances: Marriage among People of African Descent in New Orleans /
Conclusion. Beyond Borders: Revising Atlantic History /
Notes --
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments.