Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans / / Jennifer M. Spear
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| Autore: |
Spear Jennifer M. <1967->
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| Titolo: |
Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans / / Jennifer M. Spear
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.7089009763/35 |
| Soggetto topico: | Multiracial people - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions |
| Multiracial people - Louisiana - New Orleans - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | New Orleans (La.) Social conditions |
| New Orleans (La.) Race relations | |
| New Orleans (La.) Social life and customs | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9878-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814866403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Early America.