Populating the barrera : Spanish immigration efforts in colonial Louisiana / Gilbert C. Din.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Din, Gilbert C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life.

Colonies.

Administration.

History.

Spaniards.

Governors.

Land settlement--Political aspects.

Land settlement.

Emigration and immigration.

Colonization.

Louisiana--Politics and government--To 1803.

Louisiana.

Politics and government.

Louisiana--Colonization--History--18th century.

Louisiana--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.

Land settlement--Political aspects--Louisiana--History--18th century.

Governors--Louisiana--History--18th century.

Spaniards--Louisiana--History--18th century.

Spain--Colonies--America--Administration--History--18th century.

Spain.

Frontier and pioneer life--Louisiana.

America.

Physical Description:

xi, 201 pages : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2014.

Contents:

Early Spanish colonization efforts in Louisiana

Lt. Col. Francisco Bouligny and the Malagueño settlement at New Iberia, 1779

The immigration policy of Gov. Esteban Miró in Spanish Louisiana

Proposals and plans for colonization in Spanish Louisiana

Pierre Wouves d'Argès in North America : Spanish commissioner, adventurer, or French spy?

Spain's immigration policy in Louisiana and the American penetration, 1792-1803

The Irish proselytizing mission to West Florida

The Canary Islander settlements of Louisiana : an overview.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.

ISBN:

9781935754305

1935754300

OCLC:

861120075