From New Babylon to Eden : The Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina
Second Edition
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World
ISBN-10
1643363301
ISBN-13
9781643363301
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Imprint
University of South Carolina Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 2nd, 2025
Print length
432 Pages
Dimensions
22.90 x 2.80 x 15.20 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasHistory of religionChristianityMigration, immigration & emigration
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A revealing account of the choices French immigrants faced as they settled in South Carolina Winner of the National Huguenot Society's 2007 Book of the Year award, From New Babylon to Edentraces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual immigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to proprietary South Carolina. Placing the Carolina migration in the context of the larger Huguenot diaspora, Van Ruymbeke proffers an account that challenges accepted history. Describing their settlement as a process of acculturation and creolization rather than simply assimilation, he contends that most of these French Calvinists sought to create their own churches but were thwarted by an Anglicized elite eager to dominate Anglo-Carolinian society. He also reveals that most members of the initial generation were only moderately prosperous and that it was their descendants who acquired the wealth often associated with lowcountry Huguenots. A new foreword by Owen Stanwood and preface from the author consider the continuing significance of the book nearly twenty years after its original publication.
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