By Bell, Caryn Coss�. Revolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana, 1718-1868 (Paperback or Softback). Item Availability.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLSU
ISBN-100807130265
ISBN-139780807130261
eBay Product ID (ePID)30786340
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
Publication NameRevolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana, 1718-1868
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectUnited States / 19th Century, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorCaryn Cossé Bell
Subject AreaHistory
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-035429
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal976.3/35
SynopsisWith the Federal occupation of New Orleans in 1862, Afro-Creole leaders in that city, along with their white allies, seized upon the ideals of the American and French Revolutions and images of revolutionary events in the French Caribbean and demanded Libert , Egalit , Fraternit . Their republican idealism produced the postwar South's most progressive vision of the future. Caryn Coss Bell, in her impressive, sweeping study, traces the eighteenth-century origins of this Afro-Creole political and intellectual heritage, its evolution in antebellum New Orleans, and its impact on the Civil War and Reconstruction., With the Federal occupation of New Orleans in 1862, Afro-Creole leaders in that city, along with their white allies, seized upon the ideals of the American and French Revolutions and images of revolutionary events in the French Caribbean and demanded Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. Their republican idealism produced the postwar South's most progressive vision of the future. Caryn Cossé Bell, in her impressive, sweeping study, traces the eighteenth-century origins of this Afro-Creole political and intellectual heritage, its evolution in antebellum New Orleans, and its impact on the Civil War and Reconstruction.