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Louisiana : Crossroads of the Atlantic World /
Located at the junction of North America and the Caribbean, the vast territory of colonial Louisiana provides a paradigmatic case study for an Atlantic studies approach. One of the largest North American colonies and one of the last to be founded, Louisiana was governed by a succession of sovereignt...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Early American Studies
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. Louisiana in Atlantic Perspective
- Part I. Empires
- 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
- Part II. Circulations
- Chapter 4. Slaves and Poor Whites' Informal Economies in an Atlantic Context
- Chapter 5. "Un Nègre nommè [sic] Lubin ne connaissant pas Sa Nation": The Small World of Louisiana Slavery
- Part III. Intimacies
- Chapter 6. Caribbean Louisiana: Church, Métissage, 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