The strange history of the American quadroon : free women of color in the revolutionary Atlantic world / Emily Clark.

Author/creator Clark, Emily, 1954-
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Description279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Multiracial women--Louisiana. --New Orleans. --History. --19th century.
Sex symbolism.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions. --19th century.

Contents Evolution of a color term and an American city's alienation -- The Philadelphia quadroon -- From Ménagère to Placée -- Con otros muchos : marriage -- Bachelor patriarchs : life partnerships across the color line -- Making up the quadroon -- Selling the quadroon -- Reimagining the quadroon.
Local noteLittle-357989--305131063256Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
LCCN 2012042539
ISBN9781469607528 (alk. paper)
ISBN1469607522 (alk. paper)