Download or read book The Story of French New Orleans written by Dianne Guenin-Lelle and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about the city of New Orleans? History, location, and culture continue to link it to France while distancing it culturally and symbolically from the United States. This book explores the traces of French language, history, and artistic expression that have been present there over the last three hundred years. This volume focuses on the French, Spanish, and American colonial periods to understand the imprint that French socio-cultural dynamic left on the Crescent City. The migration of Acadians to New Orleans at the time the city became a Spanish dominion and the arrival of Haitian refugees when the city became an American territory oddly reinforced its Francophone identity. However, in the process of establishing itself as an urban space in the Antebellum South, the culture of New Orleans became a liability for New Orleans elite after the Louisiana Purchase. New Orleans and the Caribbean share numerous historical, cultural, and linguistic connections. The book analyzes these connections and the shared process of creolization occurring in New Orleans and throughout the Caribbean Basin. It suggests “French” New Orleans might be understood as a trope for unscripted “original” Creole social and cultural elements. Since being Creole came to connote African descent, the study suggests that an association with France in the minds of whites allowed for a less racially-bound and contested social order within the United States.

Download or read book The New Orleans Book written by Emma Cecilia Richey and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Creole Lexicon written by Jay Edwards and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Louisiana's colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a highly specialized vocabulary for describing the region's buildings, people, and cultural landscapes. This creolized language -- a unique combination of localisms and words borrowed from French, Spanish, English, Indian, and Caribbean sources -- developed to suit the multiethnic needs of settlers, planters, explorers, builders, surveyors, and government officials. Today, this historic vernacular is often opaque to historians, architects, attorneys, geographers, scholars, and the general public who need to understand its meanings. With A Creole Lexicon, Jay Edwards and Nicolas Kariouk provide a highly organized resource for its recovery. Here are definitions for thousands of previously lost or misapplied terms, including watercraft and land vehicles, furniture, housetypes unique to Louisiana, people, and social categories. Drawn directly from travelers' accounts, historic maps, and legal documents, the volume's copious entries document what would actually have been heard and seen by the peoples of the Louisiana territory. Newly produced diagrams and drawings as well as reproductions of original eighteenth- and nineteenth-century documents and Historic American Buildings Surveys enhance understanding. Sixteen subject indexes list equivalent English words for easy access to appropriate Creole translations. A Creole Lexicon is an invaluable resource for exploring and preserving Louisiana's cultural heritage.

Download or read book Poor s Manual of Railroads written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rough Guide to New Orleans written by Samantha Cook and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to New Orleans is the ultimate travel guide to this captivating city. Packed with smart, lively coverage of all the sights, hotels, restaurants and bars - as well as the best places to hear amazing live music, from jubilant Second Line street parades to atmospheric local clubs. This is the book that tells you what you really want to know about New Orleans - the best hole in the wall restaurants, the best French Quarter guesthouses, the sights that are worth seeing and those that aren't. New Orleans' vibrant festivals are covered in detail: Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest - the biggest roots music festival in the US - Essence, Voodoo, French Quarter Fest and many more. If you want to really experience the city like a local, encountering Mardi Gras Indians at dawn or dining at grand old Creole restaurants unchanged for centuries, this is the book for you. Katrina and its aftermath are covered honestly with no holds barred, and there are details on volunteering opportunities, from helping rebuild in the Ninth Ward to re-planting the nearby wetlands. Stunning photography brings this extraordinary city to life while detailed maps, marked with all sights, hotels, restaurants and bars, will help you get around. Make the most of your time on earth with The Rough Guide to New Orleans.

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reciprocity with Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the Treasury written by United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Traveller s and Tourist s Guide Through the United States Canada Etc written by Wellington Williams and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Index of Interstate Commerce Commission Reports by Commodities as Contained in Volumes 1 to 140 Inclusive Including Unreported Opinions with Special Indices of Transit Cases Export and Import Rate Cases Classification Rating Cases Reports Dated April 5 1887 to May 15 1928 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Wilderness So Immense written by Jon Kukla and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2004-08-10 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Wilderness so Immense, historian Jon Kukla recounts the fascinating tale of the personal maneuverings, political posturing, and international intrigue that culminated in the greatest land deal in history. Spanning nearly two decades, Kukla’s book brings to life a pageant of characters from Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Jay, to Napoleon and Carlos III of Spain and other colorful figures. Employing letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a host of other sources, Kukla creates a complete and compelling account of the Louisiana Purchase. From the hinterlands in Kentucky to the courts of Spain, France, and England to the halls of Congress, he re-creates the forces and personalities that turned a struggle for navigation rights on the Mississippi into an event that doubled the size of the country and altered the destiny of the United States forever.

Download or read book The Traveller s and Tourist s Guide Through the United States Canada Etc Exhibiting the Various Routes of Travel Accompanied by a Valuable and Authentic Map of the United States written by Wellington Williams and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Irish Emigration Lists 1833 1839 written by Brian Mitchell and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1989 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on notebooks compiled during the famous Ordnance Survey of Ireland (1835-1846), these lists have been extracted, arranged under parish, and alphabetized, and they identify the emigrant's destination and his place of origin in Ireland--key pieces of information for anyone tracing his Irish ancestry. In addition, the age, town and address, year of emigration, and religious denomination are given for the more than 3,000 emigrants listed.