Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 /

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The history of the Vine and Olive Colony in Demopolis, Alabama, has long been clouded by romantic myths. The notion that it was a doomed attempt by Napoleonic exiles in America to plant a wine- and olive-growing community in Alabama based on the ideals of the French Revolution, has long been bolster...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saugera, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011.
Colección:Atlantic crossings.
Temas:
1800 - 1899
French Americans > Alabama > History > 19th century.
French Americans > Land tenure > Alabama > History > 19th century.
Agricultural colonies > Alabama > History > 19th century.
Américains d'origine française > Alabama > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Américains d'origine française > Terres > Alabama > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonies agricoles > Alabama > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Agricultural colonies
French Americans
Vine and Olive Colony.
Alabama > History > 19th century.
Colonie de la Vigne et de l'Olivier.
Alabama > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Alabama
United States > Vine and Olive Colony
History
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  • Treason and terror
  • A critical moment
  • The "chief culprits"
  • Political reaction in Gironde
  • Across the Atlantic
  • Maritime exodus
  • A conflictual friendship
  • Settling in America
  • Alabama's exotic roots
  • Grape harvests in America
  • The new Thebaid
  • A gift from Congress
  • A family affair
  • French lands in Alabama
  • Routes to the South
  • The promised land
  • The French and the others
  • A model colonist
  • Choice of a world
  • Rebirth in America
  • Return to the homeland.

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