Populating the barrera
Subtitle: Spanish immigration efforts in colonial Louisiana
By: Gilbert C. Din
Publisher: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lafayette, LA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781935754305
Subjects: Politics and government; Colonization; History; Emigration and immigration; Land settlement; Governors; Spaniards; Colonies; Administration; Frontier and pioneer life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early Spanish colonization efforts in Louisiana; title: Lt. Col. Francisco Bouligny and the Malagueño settlement at New Iberia, 1779; title: The immigration policy of Gov. Esteban Miró in Spanish Louisiana; title: Proposals and plans for colonization in Spanish Louisiana; title: Pierre Wouves d'Argès in North America : Spanish commissioner, adventurer, or French spy?; title: Spain's immigration policy in Louisiana and the American penetration, 1792-1803; title: The Irish proselytizing mission to West Florida; title: The Canary Islander settlements of Louisiana : an overview.