Caribbean New Orleans : empire, race, and the making of a slave society / Cécile Vidal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vidal, Cécile, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--West Indies, French--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Colonies.

History.

New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--18th century.

New Orleans (La.).

New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History.

France--Colonies--America--History.

France.

New Orleans (La.)--History--Social conditions.

America.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 533 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans

Place of Publication:

Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: When the levees rose

A port city of the French empire and the greater Carribbean

The city with imaginary walls : the Natchez wars, slave unrest, and the construction of a white urban community

The hustle and bustle of city life : the politics of public space and racial formation

"The mulatto of the house" : the racial line within domestic households and residential institutions

"A scandalous commerce" : the disorder of families

"American politics" : slavery, labor, and raace

"Everybody wants to be a merchant" : trade, credit, and honor

Lash of the tongue, lash of the whip : the formation and transformation of racial categories and practices

From "Louisians" to Louisianais" : the emergence of a sense of place and the racial divide

Conclusion: From Louisiana to Saint-Domingue and from Saint-Domingue to Louisiana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781469645209

1469645203

Publisher Number:

99983497520

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.