Colonial Natchitoches - A Creole Community on the Louisiana-texas Frontier

Strategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches thrived during the eighteenth century as a trade hub between the well-supplied settlers and the isolated Spaniards and Indians of Texas. Colonial Natchitoches is the first thorough study of its society and economy. Through statistical analyses of birth and baptismal records, census figures, and appropriate French and Spanish archives, Burton and Smith reach surprising conclusions about the nature of society and commerce in colonial Natchitoches.

About the author

H. SOPHIE BURTON earned her doctorate in Latin American history from Texas Christian University and is the author of numerous articles on colonial Louisiana. F. TODD SMITH, a professor of history at the University of North Texas, is the author of five books, including his latest, Louisiana and the Gulf South Frontier, 1500-1821. They both live in Dallas, Texas.

Summary

Colonial Natchitoches presents surprising conclusions about the nature of society and commerce in this critical post on the Louisiana-Texas frontier during the colonial era.

Product details

• Authors: H. Sophie Burton, Helen Sophie Burton, Helen Sophie/ Smith Burton, F Todd Smith, F. Todd Smith
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2014
• EAN: 9781623492069
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-206-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Seri; Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest; Elma Dill Russell Spencer Seri; Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest; Elma Dill Russell Spencer the
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerikanische Geschichte, Amerika, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social