Exiles at home : the struggle to become American in Creole New Orleans /
"The experiences of New Orleans' Creoles of color crystallize the problem of living on the 'color line,' a problem that W.E.B. DuBois would articulate at the dawn of the twentieth century. Exiles at home highlights the costs and benefits of becoming American, as Creoles of color...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Summary: | "The experiences of New Orleans' Creoles of color crystallize the problem of living on the 'color line,' a problem that W.E.B. DuBois would articulate at the dawn of the twentieth century. Exiles at home highlights the costs and benefits of becoming American, as Creoles of color passed among various racial categories and through different social spaces"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 362 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-349) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674023512 067402351X |