REMEMBERING THE KING ON THE CRESCENT: LOUIS XIVS CULTURAL ORDER AND THE FOUNDING OF NEW ORLEANS, 1699-1743

In this dissertation, I argue that many of Louisianas founding administrative and military elite relied on French social norms to ground their own social authority in the New World. For these colonists, France represented the height of intellectual and cultural achievement in the world and they want...

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Main Author: Marasco, Sue
Other Authors: Robert Barsky
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-09042008-141523/