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Acknowledgments This book was born from workshops I organized at the Center for North American Studies, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, in Paris, and at Tulane University in New Orleans. I would like to thank very much both institutions for their financial support. The Parisian session was financed by the ACI PROSODIE Histoire atlantique from the French Ministry of Research ; the workshop in New Orleans by the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South. I am particularly grateful to Sylvia Frey, professor emeritus, Tulane University, and François Weil, former director of the Center for North American Studies, for their constant support, generosity, and trust. Throughout their careers, both have eagerly sought to develop an ambitious transatlantic dialogue among historians of Louisiana and North America; this book is a humble attempt to follow in their footsteps. Many thanks also to Lawrence Powell, who co-organized the New Orleans session with me. My gratitude goes to all the participants of the two workshops, including Shannon Lee Dawdy, Jean Hébrard, Rebecca Scott, and François Weil, who, unfortunately, were unable to participate in this book, and the commentators of the New Orleans session, Randy Sparks, Martha Jones, and Lawrence Powell. Their papers and comments greatly enriched our collective reflection, which was further enhanced by the thoughtful reports of two anonymous manuscript readers. The encouragement and support that I received at the University of Pennsylvania Press from Daniel Richter and Robert Lockhart considerably eased the editorial process. Finally, this volume has been a great intellectual adventure, and I am deeply indebted to all the authors for our rich discussions and for having rewritten their essays several times in the process. It is the magic of New Orleans that made possible this gathering of scholars from Europe and North America in a celebration of research and friendship. [44.192.73.68] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 10:26 GMT) ...