Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-477) and index.
Contents
Strange reunions : an introduction -- PART 1. THE UNITED STATES SPEAKS FRENCH -- France comes to America -- Settling in America : Philadelphia speaks French -- Franco-American networks and polite Atlantic spaces -- PART 2. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN THE WEST -- Transatlantic land speculation -- France in the Mississippi Valley -- The émigrés return to France; France returns to America -- Empty houses : a conclusion.
