Author: Hamilton HolmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Stung Serpent, Or, The Last Chief of the Natchez
Author: Hamilton HolmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is a huge listing of which books fell into the "dime novel" category. One finds names and authors and data about publication, all neatly classified for anyone who wishes to find any favorite book.
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
Author: David StasavagePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691228973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"Historical accounts of democracy's rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer--democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas before European conquest, to ancient Mesopotamia, to precolonial Africa. Delving into the prevalence of early democracy throughout the world, David Stasavage makes the case that understanding how and where these democracies flourished--and when and why they declined--can provide crucial information not just about the history of governance, but also about the ways modern democracies work and where they could manifest in the future."--
Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Author: John Reed SwantonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Indian tribes of the lower mississippi valley and adjacent coast of the gulf of mexico
Author: John R. SwantonAdventure
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley
Author: James LinforthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion
Author: Africans In Colonial Louisiana
Author: Gwendolyn Midlo HallPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807119997
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Although a number of important studies of American slavery have explored the formation of slave cultures in the English colonies, no book until now has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the development of the distinctive Afro-Creole culture of colonial Louisiana. This culture, based upon a separate language community with its own folkloric, musical, religious, and historical traditions, was created by slaves brought directly from Africa to Louisiana before 1731. It still survives as the acknowledged cultural heritage of tens of thousands of people of all races in the southern part of the state. In this pathbreaking work, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall studies Louisiana's creole slave community during the eighteenth century, focusing on the slaves' African origins, the evolution of their own language and culture, and the role they played in the formation of the broader society, economy, and culture of the region. Hall bases her study on research in a wide range of archival sources in Louisiana, France, and Spain and employs several disciplines--history, anthropology, linguistics, and folklore--in her analysis. Among the topics she considers are the French slave trade from Africa to Louisiana, the ethnic origins of the slaves, and relations between African slaves and native Indians. She gives special consideration to race mixture between Africans, Indians, and whites; to the role of slaves in the Natchez Uprising of 1729; to slave unrest and conspiracies, including the Pointe Coupee conspiracies of 1791 and 1795; and to the development of communities of runaway slaves in the cypress swamps around New Orleans.
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion
Author: Maturia Murray BallouPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description