American routes : racial palimpsests and the transformation of race / Angel Adams Parham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parham, Angel Adams, author.

Contributor:

Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creoles--Race identity--Louisiana.

Creoles.

Haitian Americans--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Haitian Americans.

African Americans--Race identity.

White people--Race identity.

African Americans.

History.

Haitians--Migrations.

Refugees.

Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Refugees.

Haiti.

Multiracial people--Race identity--Louisiana.

Multiracial people.

Multiracial people--Race identity.

Louisiana.

Refugees--Louisiana--History.

Refugees--Haiti--History.

Haitians--Migrations--History.

Haitians.

African Americans--Louisiana--History.

White people--Race identity--Louisiana.

White people.

African Americans--Race identity--Louisiana.

Physical Description:

xiii, 277 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Contents:

Racial systems and the racial palimpsest

St. Domingue as training ground: color, class, and social life before Louisiana

White St. Domingue refugees and White Creoles in nineteenth century Louisiana

St. Domingue refugees and Creoles of color

Twenty-first century remnants of a White Creole past

Into the twenty-first century: Creoles of color finding their way

Conclusions: racial palimpsests and the transformation of U.S. American regions

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Parham, Angel Adams. American routes.

ISBN:

9780190624750

0190624752

OCLC:

954134264

Publisher Number:

99971760407