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Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans
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Title
Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans [electronic resource] / Jennifer M. Spear.
ISBN
9780801886805 (alk. paper)
0801886805 (alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xi, 335 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Series
Early America : history, context, culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Indian women, French women, and the regulation of sex
Legislating slavery in French New Orleans
Affranchis and sang-mêlé
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.
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