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Clark Emily <1954-> |
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Masterless mistresses : the New Orleans Ursulines and the development of a new world society, 1727-1834 / / Emily Clark |
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Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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0-8078-3903-5 |
1-4696-0106-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Collana |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
New Orleans (La.) Church history |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Prelude. Old World Origins: Female Piety and Social Imperatives in Europe; PART 1. TRANSPLANTATIONS: THE FRENCH LEGACY; 1. Making a Match: The Ursuline Mission to New Orleans; 2. The Order Was Well Kept: Creating and Sustaining Community; 3. Inner Spirit, Outward Signs: French Feminine Piety at Work; PART 2. TRANSFORMATIONS: OLD WORLD TO NEW; 4. Differences of Nation and Mentality: Testing the Bonds of Community; 5. It Is the Custom of the Country: The Ursuline Encounter with Slavery |
6. The Wages of Zeal: Change and the Convent EconomyPART 3. CONFRONTATIONS: A CATHOLIC COLONY MEETS A PROTESTANT NATION; 7. The Republic Encounters the Nun; Epilogue. A Woman of Masculine Appearance and Character: Antebellum Anti-Catholicism; Appendix 1. Convent Population, 1727-1803; Appendix 2. Ursuline Slave Families; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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