Title Educating the sons of sugar : Jefferson College and the Creole planter class of South Louisiana / R. Eric Platt

Published Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Contents List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Creole College in St. James Parish; 1. Aristocracy, Education, and the Ancienne Population; 2. The Rise and Fall of Jefferson College; 3. The Forgotten Louis Dufau; 4. Return of the Sugar Barons; 5. Marists and Americanization; Conclusion: Class and College; Epilogue: Manresa, the Fifth Life of Jefferson College; Appendix A: Institutional Presidents at the Jefferson College Site; Appendix B: Acts to Incorporate and Support Jefferson College; Appendix C: Sale of Jefferson College to Louis Dufau Appendix D: Property Deed: Valcour Aime to the Jefferson College Board of DirectorsAppendix E: Acts of Transfer: The Jefferson College Board of Directors and Valcour Aime to the Society of Mary; Appendix F: An Act to Incorporate the Society of "The Fathers of the Society of Mary"; Appendix G: Sale of St. Mary's Jefferson College to the Society of Jesus; Notes; Bibliography; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Jefferson College (Convent, La.) -- History SUBJECT Jefferson College (Convent, La.) fast Subject Education, Higher -- Louisiana -- History Sugar growing -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century Creoles -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century Plantation owners -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century Elite (Social sciences) -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century EDUCATION -- Higher. Creoles Education, Higher Elite (Social sciences) Plantation owners Sugar growing Louisiana Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780817391515 0817391517

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