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UNINA9910465543903321 |
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Autore |
Saugera Eric |
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Titolo |
Reborn in America [[electronic resource] ] : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 / / Eric Saugera ; translated by Madeleine Velguth |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (586 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French Americans - Alabama - History - 19th century |
French Americans - Land tenure - Alabama - History - 19th century |
Agricultural colonies - Alabama - History - 19th century |
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Vine and Olive Colony |
Alabama History 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on the author's thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renaître en América. |
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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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Treason and terror -- A critical moment -- The "chief culprits" -- Political reaction in Gironde -- Across the Atlantic -- Maritime exodus -- A conflictual friendship -- Settling in America -- Alabama's exotic roots -- Grape harvests in America -- The new Thebaid -- A gift from Congress -- A family affair -- French lands in Alabama -- Routes to the South -- The promised land -- The French and the others -- A model colonist -- Choice of a world -- Rebirth in America -- Return to the homeland. |
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The history of the Vine and Olive Colony in Demopolis, Alabama, has long been clouded by romantic myths. The notion that it was a doomed attempt by Napoleonic exiles in America to plant a wine- and olive-growing community in Alabama based on the ideals of the French Revolution, has long been bolstered by the images that have been proliferated in the popular imagination of French ladies (in Josephine-style gowns) and gentlemen (in officer's full dress uniforms) lounging in the breeze on the bluffs overlooking the Tombigbee River while sturdy |
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French peasants plowed the rich soil of the Blac |
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UNINA9910700376503321 |
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Autore |
Fleming Brandon J |
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Geology, hydrology, and water quality of the Little Blackwater River Watershed, Dorchester County, Maryland, 2006-09 [[electronic resource] /] / by Brandon J. Fleming, Benjamin D. DeJong, and Daniel J. Phelan ; prepared in cooperation with the Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Dorchester Soil Conservation District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 82 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
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Collana |
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Scientific investigations report ; ; 2011-5054 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DeJongBenjamin D |
PhelanDaniel J |
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Groundwater - Quality - Maryland - Dorchester County |
Streamflow - Maryland - Dorchester County |
Geology - Maryland - Dorchester County |
Little Blackwater River Watershed (Md.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from PDF title screen (usgs.gov, viewed May 23, 2011). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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