Masterless mistresses : the New Orleans Ursulines and the development of a new world society, 1727-1834 / / Emily Clark

• Autore: Clark Emily <1954->
• Pubblicazione: 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; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 271/.974076335
• Soggetto geografico: New Orleans (La.) Church history
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Masterless mistresses
• ISBN: 979-88-908765-3-9; 0-8078-3903-5; 1-4696-0106-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826499203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia