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Building antebellum New Orleans : free people of color and their influence
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"Building Antebellum New Orleans examines the architectural activities of New Orleans's gens de couleur libres--free people of color with a mixture of black and European, usually French or Spanish,...
"Building Antebellum New Orleans examines the architectural activities of New Orleans's gens de couleur libres--free people of color with a mixture of black and European, usually French or Spanish, ancestry. Architectural historian Tara Dudley focuses on their influence on the physical growth of New Orleans and on the historical, cultural, and economic implications of their contributions to nineteenth-century American architecture"--
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- Creator
- Tara A. Dudley
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- English
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- First edition
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021
- ©2021
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- xiv, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm
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- 9781477323021, 1477323023, 9781477323045, 1477323031, 9781477323038
- OCLC
- on1201682424
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part I. Ownership: possessing the built environment. The gens de couleur libres' acquisition of property -- The ramifications of use and location -- Part II. Engagement: forming and transforming the built environment. The architecture of the Dolliole and Soulié families -- "Uncommon industry": gens de couleur libres builders in antebellum New Orleans -- "Raised to the trade": building practices of gens de couleur libres builders in antebellum New Orleans -- The status quo: French, Creole, and Anglo builders and architects in antebellum New Orleans -- Part III. Entrepreneurship: controlling the built environment. Money, power, and status in the building trades -- Conclusion. The gens de couleur libres' development of self and group identity through ownership, formation, transformation, and control of the built environment
Subjects
- African American architects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
- African American architecture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- 19th century.
- Architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
- Free Black people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
- Architects and builders -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
- New Orleans (La.) -- Civilization -- African influences.