Building antebellum New Orleans : free people of color and their influence /

"Building Antebellum New Orleans examines the architectural activities of New Orleans's gens de couleur libres--free people of color with a mixture of black and European, usually French or Spanish, ancestry. Architectural historian Tara Dudley focuses on their influence on the physical gro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dudley, Tara A. (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Lateral exchanges.
Temas:
African American architects > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
African American architecture > Louisiana > New Orleans > 19th century.
Architecture > United States > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Architects and builders > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Architectes noirs américains > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Architecture noire américaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > 19e siècle.
Architecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains affranchis > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Personnes noires affranchies > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Architectes et entrepreneurs > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 19e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / General.
Civilization > African influences
African American architects
African American architecture
Architects and builders
Architecture
Free African Americans
Free Black people
New Orleans (La.) > Civilization > African influences.
Louisiana > New Orleans
United States
New Orleans, architectural history, creole, built environment, Black history, American architectural history, American architecture, free people of color, American architectural history of the 19th-20th century, architecture, urban development, city planning, cultural geography, historic preservation.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Ownership: possessing the built environment. The gens de couleur libres' acquisition of property
  • The ramifications of use and location
  • Part II. Engagement: forming and transforming the built environment. The architecture of the Dolliole and Soulié families
  • "Uncommon industry": gens de couleur libres builders in antebellum New Orleans
  • "Raised to the trade": building practices of gens de couleur libres builders in antebellum New Orleans
  • The status quo: French, Creole, and Anglo builders and architects in antebellum New Orleans
  • Part III. Entrepreneurship: controlling the built environment. Money, power, and status in the building trades
  • Conclusion. The gens de couleur libres' development of self and group identity through ownership, formation, transformation, and control of the built environment.

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