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Author:

White, Sophie.

Title:

Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians : material culture and race in colonial Louisiana / Sophie White.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 329 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

French--Louisiana--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Louisiana--History--18th century.
Race awareness--Louisiana--History--18th century.
Material culture--Louisiana--History--18th century.
Clothing and dress--History--Louisiana--History--18th century.
Louisiana--History--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-317) and index.

Contents:

Frenchification in the Illinois country. "Their manner of living" -- "Nothing of the Sauvage" -- "One people and one god" -- Frenchified indians and wild frenchmen in New Orleans. "The first Creole from this colony that we have received": Sister Ste. Marthe and the limits of frenchification -- "To ensure that he not give himself over to the sauvages": cleanliness, crease, and skin color -- "We are all sauvages": Frenchmen into Indians -- Epilogue: "true French"

Series:

Early American studies.

ISBN:

9780812223088 (paperback: alk. paper)
081222308X (paperback: alk. paper)
0812244370 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812244373 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)851392902

LCCN:

2012014401

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)