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Autore |
Matrana Marc R |
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Titolo |
Lost plantation [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of Seven Oaks / / Marc R. Matrana |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-43458-X |
9786613434586 |
1-60473-639-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Collana |
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Jefferson historical series ; ; v. 16 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Plantation owners - Louisiana |
Slaveholders - Louisiana |
Businessmen - Louisiana |
Plantation life - Louisiana - Westwego - History - 19th century |
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Seven Oaks (La.) |
Westwego (La.) Biography |
Westwego (La.) Social life and customs 19th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (170-181) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Petit desert -- The Zeringues and their plantation -- The Zeringue plantation and its grounds -- Life and agricultural production on the Zeringue plantation -- The plantation and the Civil War -- The railroad ruckus -- Pablo Sala and Columbia gardens -- A new war, a new family -- The mansion begins to fade -- Save Seven Oaks -- Life among the ruins -- Future of the past -- Appendix I : chronological chain of title and timeline of major events -- Appendix II : slaves owned by Camille Zeringue -- Appendix III : comparative data of the largest slaveholders in Jefferson Parish -- Appendix IV : brief historical sketch of Zeringue family in Louisiana. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Along the fertile banks of the Mississippi River across from New Orleans, planter Camille Zeringue transformed a mediocre colonial plantation into a thriving gem of antebellum sugar production, |
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