02632nam 2200625 a 450 991081486640332120200520144314.00-8018-9878-1(CKB)2550000000017888(OCoLC)608680224(CaPaEBR)ebrary10389804(SSID)ssj0000399188(PQKBManifestationID)11290883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399188(PQKBWorkID)10375564(PQKB)10956026(MiAaPQ)EBC3318576(MdBmJHUP)muse2785(Au-PeEL)EBL3318576(CaPaEBR)ebr10389804(OCoLC)923195075(EXLCZ)99255000000001788820080619d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRace, sex, and social order in early New Orleans /Jennifer M. Spear1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20091 online resource (350 p.)Early America : history, context, cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8680-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index.Introduction -- Indian women, French women, and the regulation of sex -- Legislating slavery in French New Orleans -- Affranchis and sang-mele -- Slavery and freedom in Spanish New Orleans -- Limpieza de sangre and family formation -- Negotiating racial identities in the 1790s -- Codification of a tripartite racial system in Anglo-Louisiana.Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana.Early America.Racially mixed peopleLouisianaNew OrleansSocial conditionsRacially mixed peopleLouisianaNew OrleansHistoryNew Orleans (La.)Social conditionsNew Orleans (La.)Race relationsNew Orleans (La.)Social life and customsRacially mixed peopleSocial conditions.Racially mixed peopleHistory.306.7089009763/35Spear Jennifer M.1967-1715293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814866403321Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans4109810UNINA