When the United States spoke French : five refugees who shaped a nation /
In 1789, as the French Revolution shook Europe to the core, the new United States was struggling for survival in the face of financial insolvency and bitter political and regional divisions. When the United States Spoke French explores the republics formative years from the viewpoint of a distinguis...
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New York :
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2014
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Table of Contents:
- note: pt. 1 UNITED STATES SPEAKS FRENCH
- ch. 1 France Comes to America
- ch. 2 Settling in America: Philadelphia Speaks French
- ch. 3 Franco-American Networks and Polite Atlantic Spaces
- pt. 2 FRENCH REVOLUTION IN THE WEST
- ch. 4 Transatlantic Land Speculation
- ch. 5 France in the Mississippi Valley
- ch. 6 Emigres Return to France; France Returns to America