486. Nathalie Dessens--corrected.

<p>&nbsp; 486. We&nbsp;<a href="http://archive.org/download/486-nathalia-dessens/486--Nathalia_dessens.mp3" target="_blank">talk</a>&nbsp;to historian Nathalie Dessens. Natalie is a French historian of Louisiana and French colonialism. Nathalie wrote the book,&nbsp;<i>Creole City: A Chronicle of Early American New Orleans</i>. Nathalie is a professor of American history at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. "In&nbsp;<i>Creole City</i>, Nathalie Dessens opens a window onto antebellum New Orleans during a period of rapid expansion and dizzying change.</p><div><a name='more'></a>Exploring previously neglected aspects of the city's early nineteenth-century history, Dessens examines how the vibrant, cosmopolitan city of New Orleans came to symbolize progress, adventure, and culture to so many.<br />Rooting her exploration in the Sainte-Gême Family Papers harbored at The Historic New Orleans Collection, Dessens follows the twenty-year correspondence of Jean Boze to Henri de Ste-Gême, both refugees from Saint-Domingue. Through Boze's letters, written between 1818 and 1839, readers witness the convergence and merging of cultural attitudes as new arrivals and old colonial populations collide, sparking transformations in the economic, social, and political structures of the city. This Creolization of the city is thus revealed to be at the very heart of New Orleans's early identity and made this key hub of Atlantic trade so very distinct from other nineteenth-century American metropolises."</div><ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. September 10, 1935. Gov. Huey P. Long dies after assassination.</li><li>This week in New Orleans history. Rummel High Opens, Monday, September 10, 1962.<br /></li><li>This week in Louisiana.<br />Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival<br />101 Rue Beau Port<br />Natchitoches LA 71457<br />September 16-17, 2022<br />View&nbsp;<a href="https://www.meatpiefestival.com/">Website<br /></a>Like that staple of the Latin American diet, the Natchitoches meat pie is a crimped half moon hiding a po