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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 republic's formative years from the viewpoint of...

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Main Author: Furstenberg, François.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Subjects and Genres:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1700-1799
Political refugees > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
French > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Political refugees > France > History > 18th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) > France > History > 18th century.
Français > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Aristocracy (Social class)
French.
Political refugees.
Refugees.
Social conditions
Französischer Flüchtling.
Politischer Flüchtling.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Refugees.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
France.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Narrative non-fiction.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Strange reunions : an introduction
  • PART I. THE UNITED STATES SPEAKS FRENCH
  • France comes to America
  • Settling in America : Philadelphia speaks French
  • Franco-American networks and polite Atlantic spaces
  • PART II. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN THE WEST
  • Trans-Atlantic land speculation
  • France in the Mississippi Valley
  • The émigrés return to France, France returns to America
  • Conclusion : empty houses.

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