Building antebellum New Orleans: free people of color and their influence
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Beteilige Person: Dudley, Tara A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2023
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Lateral exchanges: architecture, urban development, and transnational practices
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Abstract: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.
"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 302 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781477323038