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From New Babylon To Eden: The Huguenots And Their Migration To Colonial South Carolina (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
Bertrand Van Ruymbeke
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Hardcover. Traces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual emigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to colonial South Carolina. In a volume devoted to the first generation of Carolina Huguenots, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke describes in detail their gradual transformation from French refugees to South Carolina planters. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC7; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
From New Babylon to Eden traces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual emigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to colonial South Carolina. Once there, rather than isolate themselves as a separate religious enclave, they chose instead to integrate into the Southern strain of nascent Anglo-American society, dominated by slavery and the Church of England. Through intermarriage and adaptation to the new economic and political environment, Huguenots rapidly numbered among the most influential and successful colonists, leaving a persevering legacy throughout Charleston and the lowcountry. In a volume devoted to the first generation of ... Read more
From New Babylon to Eden traces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual emigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to colonial South Carolina. Once there, rather than isolate themselves as a separate religious enclave, they chose instead to integrate into the Southern strain of nascent Anglo-American society, dominated by slavery and the Church of England. Through intermarriage and adaptation to the new economic and political environment, Huguenots rapidly numbered among the most influential and successful colonists, leaving a persevering legacy throughout Charleston and the lowcountry. In a volume devoted to the first generation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570035838
SKU
V9781570035838
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About Bertrand Van Ruymbeke
(Paris, France) Professor of American civilization at the Universite de Vincennes-Saint-Denis. Former visiting professor at the College of Charleston. Coeditor of Memory and Identity: The Huguenots in France and the Atlantic Diaspora.
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