French, Cajun, Creole, Houma : A Primer on Francophone Louisiana /

In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identified there, Cajuns and white Creoles being the most famous. In this guide to the amazing social, cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brasseaux, Carl A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Houma Indians.
French Americans.
Creoles.
Cajuns.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Houma (Indiens) > Histoire.
Creoles > Louisiane > Histoire.
Cajuns > Louisiane > Histoire.
Americains d'origine française > Louisiane > Histoire.
Houma Indians > History.
Creoles > Louisiana > History.
Cajuns > Louisiana > History.
French Americans > Louisiana > History.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Histoire.
Louisiana > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identified there, Cajuns and white Creoles being the most famous. In this guide to the amazing social, cultural, and linguistic variation within Louisiana's French-speaking region, Carl A. Brasseaux presents an overview of the origins and evolution of all the Francophone communities. Brasseaux examines the impact of French immigration on Louisiana over the past three centuries. He shows how this once-unde.
Physical Description:1 online resource (172 pages).
ISBN:9780807147788

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