Louisiana : : Crossroads of the Atlantic World / / ed. by Cécile Vidal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
• MitwirkendeR: Aubert, Guillaume,; Clark, Emily,; Dubé, Alexandre,; Frey, Sylvia R.,; Hilton, Sylvia L.,; Le Glaunec, Jean-Pierre,; Vidal, Cécile,; White, Sophie,; Williams, Mary,
• HerausgeberIn: Vidal, Cécile,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Early American Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 3 illus.

Located at the junction of North America and the Caribbean, the vast territory of colonial Louisiana provides a paradigmatic case study for an Atlantic studies approach. One of the largest North American colonies and one of the last to be founded, Louisiana was governed by a succession of sovereignt...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction. Louisiana in Atlantic Perspective
• Part I. Empires
• Chapter 1. "To Establish One Law and Definite Rules": Race, Religion, and the Transatlantic Origins of the Louisiana Code Noir
• Chapter 2. Making a Career out of the Atlantic: Louisiana's Plume
• Chapter 3. Spanish Louisiana in Atlantic Contexts: Nexus of Imperial Transactions and International Relations
• Part II. Circulations
• Chapter 4. Slaves and Poor Whites' Informal Economies in an Atlantic Context
• Chapter 5. "Un Nègre nommè [sic] Lubin ne connaissant pas Sa Nation": The Small World of Louisiana Slavery
• Part III. Intimacies
• Chapter 6. Caribbean Louisiana: Church, Métissage, and the Language of Race in the Mississippi Colony during the French Period
• Chapter 7. Private Lives and Public Orders: Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Legitimacy in Spanish Colonial Louisiana
• Chapter 8. Atlantic Alliances: Marriage among People of African Descent in New Orleans
• Conclusion. Beyond Borders: Revising Atlantic History
• Notes
• Contributors
• Index
• Acknowledgments