Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the sixth of six volumes, presents 26 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in Louisiana. The following readings are presented: "From Subjects to Citizens" (George W. Cable); "Ball Room Brawls" (William C. C. Claiborne); "Peace and Harmony?" (William C. C. Claiborne); "New Orleans in 1838" (Harriet Martineau); "French Immigration and the Battle of New Orleans" (George W. Cable); "Political Reinforcements of Ethnic Dominance in Louisiana, 1812-1845" (Joseph C. Tregle, Jr.); "The Rural French: Acadians, Creole, and Blacks" (W. H. Sparks); "Who are the Creoles?" (George W. Cable); "Alexis de Tocqueville in New Orleans January 1-3, 1832" (G. W. Pierson); "A Louisiana Sugar Plantation" (Charles Gayarre); "Madame Lalaurie: A Contemporary French Account" (L. Souvestre); "The State of Slavery" (Major Amos Stoddard); "The Free Men of Color of Louisiana" (P. F. de Gournay); "The Free People of Color in Louisiana and St. Domingue: A Comparative Portrait of Two Three-Caste Slave Societies" (Laura Foner); "The Free Negro in the New Orleans Economy, 1850-1860" (Robert C. Reinders); "The Free Negro in Ante-Bellum Louisiana" (Annie Lee West Stahl); "Free Blacks, New Orleans, and R. L. Desdunes" (Charles E. O'Neil); "Some Effects of Acadian Settlement on the Pattern of Land Occupance in Lafayette Parish" (Lyle Givens Williams); "The Forbidding Atchafalaya Basin" (Louise Callan); "The Battle of Bayou Queue-Tortue" (Alexandre Barde); "Rebels without a Cause" and "Secession from the Confederacy?" (two contemporary news items); "Ozeme Carriere and the St. Landry Jayhawkers, 1863-1865" (Carl A. Brasseaux); "Prince Camille de Polignac and the American Civil War, 1863-1865" (Roy O. Hatton); "The Battle of Bull Run" (P. G. T. Beauregard); and "The Battle of Pleasant Hill" (Sarah A. Dorsey). (LH)