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Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saugera, Éric
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2011]
Series:Atlantic crossings.
Subjects:
Alabama > History > 19th century.
Vine and Olive Colony.
Agricultural colonies > Alabama > History > 19th century.
French Americans > Land tenure > Alabama > History > 19th century.
French Americans > Alabama > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Treason and terror
  • A critical moment
  • The "chief culprits"
  • Political reaction in Gironde
  • Across the Atlantic
  • Maritime exodus
  • A conflictual friendship
  • Settling in America
  • Alabama's exotic roots
  • Grape harvests in America
  • The new Thebaid
  • A gift from Congress
  • A family affair
  • French lands in Alabama
  • Routes to the South
  • The promised land
  • The French and the others
  • A model colonist
  • Choice of a world
  • Rebirth in America
  • Return to the homeland.