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Exiles at Home

The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans

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$75.00 • £65.95 • €68.95

ISBN 9780674023512

Publication Date: 02/15/2009

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400 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

19 halftones in 20 p mock insert

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  • Prologue: Passing as American
  • 1. Seeking Shelter under White Skin
  • 2. Failing to Become White
  • 3. Claiming Birthright in the Creole City
  • 4. Establishing Propriety in the City of Sin
  • 5. Choosing to Become Black
  • Epilogue: No Enviable Dilemma
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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