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Author:
Furstenberg, François.
Title:
When the United States spoke French : five refugees who shaped a nation / François Furstenberg.
Publisher:
The Penguin Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Political refugees--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--18th century.
French--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--18th century.
Political refugees--France--History--18th century.
Aristocracy (Social class)--France--History--18th century.
France--Refugees.--Revolution, 1789-1799--Refugees.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--18th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Strange reunions -- France comes to America -- Settling in America : Philadelphia speaks French -- Franco-American networks and polite Atlantic spaces -- Transatlantic land speculation -- France in the Mississippi Valley -- The émigrés return to France, France returns to America -- Empty houses.
Summary:
Explores the republic's formative years from the viewpoint of a distinguished circle of five Frenchmen taking refuge in America: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Napoleon's future foreign minister; theorist/reformer Rochefoucauld, the duc de Liancourt; Louis-Marie Vicomte de Noailles; Moreau de Saint-Méry; and Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, Comte Volney.
ISBN:
1594204411
9781594204418
LCCN:
2014005400
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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