LEADER 02807nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910454742803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8261-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774909 035 $a(EBL)454514 035 $a(OCoLC)424521264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131441 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100993 035 $a(PQKB)10206148 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454514 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8619 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454514 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309841 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774909 100 $a20050602d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBonapartists in the borderlands$b[electronic resource] $eFrench exiles and refugees on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835 /$fRafe Blaufarb 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1487-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index. 327 $aThe new Atlantic France -- The Society for the Cultivation of the Vine and Olive -- Double and treble treachery -- Ultra-quixotism : The Bonapartist invasion of Texas -- The Vine and Olive Colony -- The fate of Vine and Olive -- Appendix : the grantees and their allotments. 330 $aThe ill-fated Vine and Olive Colony within the context of America's westward expansion and the French Revolution.Bonapartists in the Borderlands recounts how Napoleonic exiles and French refugees from Europe and the Caribbean joined forces with Latin American insurgents, Gulf pirates, and international adventurers to seek their fortune in the Gulf borderlands. The U.S. Congress welcomed the French to America and granted them a large tract of rich Black Belt land near Demopolis, Alabama, on the condition that they would establish a Mediterranean-style Vine and Olive colony. 606 $aFrench Americans$zAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFrench Americans$xLand tenure$zAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAgricultural colonies$zAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aVine and Olive Colony 607 $aAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench Americans$xHistory 615 0$aFrench Americans$xLand tenure$xHistory 615 0$aAgricultural colonies$xHistory 676 $a976.1/05 700 $aBlaufarb$b Rafe$01027852 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454742803321 996 $aBonapartists in the borderlands$92452747 997 $aUNINA