The Story of French New Orleans : History of a Creole City /

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"What is it about the city of New Orleans? History, location, and culture, continue to link it to France while distancing it culturally and symbolically from the United States. This book explores the traces of French language, history, and artistic expression that have been present there over t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guenin-Lelle, Dianne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Manners and customs.
French colonies.
French.
Civilization > French influences.
Civilization.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Français > Amerique > Histoire.
French > America > History.
United States.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
America.
États-Unis > Civilisation > Influence française.
United States > Civilization > French influences.
France > Colonies > America > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs.
New Orleans (La.) > Civilization.
New Orleans (La.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Building a French colony
  • The French Quarter : imagined spaces
  • Creolization or necessary interdependence
  • The Spanish period : creolizing the colonizer
  • Becoming an American city
  • Nineteenth-century French creole literature : the final chapter of French colonialism
  • Conclusion.

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