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Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865
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- ISBN: 9780817317232 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0817317236 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: x, 572 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
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| General Note: | Based on the author's thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renaître en América. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Vine and Olive Colony. French Americans > Alabama > History > 19th century. French Americans > Land tenure > Alabama > History > 19th century. Agricultural colonies > Alabama > History > 19th century. Alabama > History > 19th century. |
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