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Degas in New Orleans : encounters in the Creole world of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable / Christopher Benfey.
LIBRA - Special ND553.D3 B46 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benfey, Christopher E. G., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917--Travel--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Degas, Edgar.
- Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.
- Psychology.
- Creoles.
- Manners and customs.
- Travel.
- New Orleans (La.)--Description and travel.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Creoles--Louisiana--New Orleans--Social life and customs.
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917--Psychology.
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925--Homes and haunts--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Cable, George Washington.
- Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904--Homes and haunts--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Chopin, Kate.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Slavery--America--History.
- Creoles--Social life and customs.
- Homes.
- Local Subjects:
- Slavery--America--History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- 1999.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Tells of a the decisive period of Reconstruction during the post-Civil War era in New Orleans when the artist produced some of his finest pieces of artwork. 36 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520218183
- 9780520218185
- OCLC:
- 39497932
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