Research Catalog

Title

Creole genesis : the Bringier family and antebellum plantation life in Louisiana / Craig A. Bauer.

Author

Bauer, Craig A.

Publication

Lafayette : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2011.

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Description

xiv, 219 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, geneal. table; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Bringiers were among Louisiana's most prominent families during most of the 19th century. Though bits and pieces about the family and their many plantations frequently appear in studies on antebellum Louisiana and the Old South, Creole Genesis: The Bringier Family and Antebellum Plantation Life in Louisiana tells?for the first time?the story of three generations of the Bringiers, from their rise to prominence during Spanish regime until their fall after the Civil War" --from the publisher.

Subject

• Bringier family
• 1800-1899
• Creoles > Louisiana > History > 19th century
• Creoles > Louisiana > Biography
• Plantation life > Louisiana > History > 19th century
• Plantation owners > Louisiana > Biography
• Elite (Social sciences) > Louisiana > History > 19th century
• Sugar growing > Louisiana > History > 19th century
• Louisiana > History > 1803-1865

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A Louisiana venture -- A Creole generation -- Doradou and Aglae -- The Hermitage -- Life in the city -- Land and livelihood -- Masters and slaves -- Conflict and loss -- The end of a way of life.

ISBN

• 9781935754077 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1935754076 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011031220

OCLC

• 747712903
• SCSB-12626864

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Harvard Library