The New Orleans of George Washington Cable : the 1887 Census Office report /

The New Orleans of George Washington Cable : the 1887 Census Office report /

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A pioneering local-color writer about Creole New Orleans and a public advocate for black equality in his native South during and after Reconstruction, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) depicted in his writing the clash between American newcomers and a quaint but proud French-speaking population in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925
Corporate Author: United States Census Office
Other Authors: Powell, Lawrence N
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2008], ©2008
Baton Rouge : c2008
Baton Rouge : ©2008
Baton Rouge : [2008]
Subjects:
Cable, George Washington
Creoles > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
French > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Spaniards > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Creoles
French
History
Social conditions
Social history
Spaniards
Travel
New Orleans (La.) > Description and travel
New Orleans (La.) > History
New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions
Louisiana > New Orleans
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Novelist Turns Historian
  • Cable's "Historical Sketch"
  • Site and Origin
  • Population and Social Order
  • Indian Wars
  • The First Creoles
  • The Insurrection of 1768
  • The Superior Council and the Cabildo
  • Spanish Conciliation
  • The Creoles Still Frenc
  • The American Grasp
  • A Franco-Spanish American City
  • From Subjects to Citizens
  • Burr's Conspiracy
  • The West Indian Immigration
  • The War of 1812-15
  • Commercial Expansion-1815 to 1840
  • Positive Growth with Comparative Decline
  • Cable's Notes to "Historical Sketch."
  • Introduction A Novelist Turns Historian
  • Cable's "Historical Sketch"
  • 1. Site and Origin
  • 2. Population and Social Order
  • 3. Indian Wars
  • 4. The First Creoles
  • 5. The Insurrection of 1768
  • 6. The Superior Council and the Cabildo
  • 7. Spanish Conciliation
  • 8. The Creoles Still French
  • 9. The American Grasp
  • 10. A Franco-Spanish American City
  • 11. From Subjects to Citizens
  • 12. Burr's Conspiracy
  • 13. The West Indian Immigration
  • 14. The War of 1812-15
  • 15. Commercial Expansion 1815 to 1840
  • 16. Positive Growth with Comparative Decline
  • Cable's Notes to "Historical Sketch"
  • Works Cited by Cable.
  • Introduction A Novelist Turns Historian
  • Cable's "Historical Sketch"
  • 1. Site and Origin
  • 2. Population and Social Order
  • 3. Indian Wars
  • 4. The First Creoles
  • 5. The Insurrection of 1768
  • 6. The Superior Council and the Cabildo
  • 7. Spanish Conciliation
  • 8. The Creoles Still French
  • 9. The American Grasp
  • 10. A Franco-Spanish American City
  • 11. From Subjects to Citizens
  • 12. Burr's Conspiracy
  • 13. The West Indian Immigration
  • 14. The War of 1812-15
  • 15. Commercial Expansion 1815 to 1840
  • 16. Positive Growth with Comparative Decline
  • Cable's Notes to "Historical Sketch"
  • Works Cited by Cable.
  • Introduction: A Novelist Turns Historian 1
  • Cable's "Historical Sketch"
  • 1 Site and Origin 38
  • 2 Population and Social Order 40
  • 3 Indian Wars 47
  • 4 The First Creoles 51
  • 5 The Insurrection of 1768 60
  • 6 The Superior Council and the Cabildo 70
  • 7 Spanish Conciliation 77
  • 8 The Creoles Still Frenc 84
  • 9 The American Grasp 94
  • 10 A Franco-Spanish American City 102
  • 11 From Subjects to Citizens 111
  • 12 Burr's Conspiracy 116
  • 13 The West Indian Immigration 120
  • 14 The War of 1812-15 125
  • 15 Commercial Expansion-1815 to 1840 138
  • 16 Positive Growth with Comparative Decline 149
  • Cable's Notes to "Historical Sketch" 181

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