Colonial Natchitoches : a Creole community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier /
Strategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches thrived during the eighteenth century as a trade hub between the well-supplied settlers and the isolated Spaniards and Indians of Texas. Its critical economic and diplomatic role made it the most importa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2008.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;
no. 29. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. An Overview of Colonial Natchitoches; 2. Creating Hegemony in Colonial Natchitoches: The French Creole Community; 3. Slavery in Colonial Natchitoches: The African Creole Community; 4. Free People of Color: A Dependent Segment of Colonial Natchitoches; 5. The Indian Trade in Colonial Natchitoches; 6. Plantation Agriculture in Colonial Natchitoches; 7. The Ranching Industry in Colonial Natchitoches; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.