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Building the devil's empire : French colonial New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy.

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LIBRA F379.N557 D39 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dawdy, Shannon Lee, 1967-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
French--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--18th century.
French.
Ethnology--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--18th century.
Ethnology.
City planning--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--18th century.
City planning.
History.
New Orleans (La.)--History--18th century.
New Orleans (La.).
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--18th century.
New Orleans (La.)--Colonial influence.
New Orleans (La.)--Ethnic relations--History--18th century.
Louisiana--History--To 1803.
Louisiana.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
Physical Description:
xxi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Contents:
"A veritable Babylon" : enlightenment and disorder
La ville sauvage : nature and urban planning
A backwater entrepôt
La renommée : from colonial experiment to Creole society
Tensions of power : law, discipline, and violence
Conclusion : revolt and rogue colonialism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-306) and index.
ISBN:
9780226138411
0226138410
OCLC:
176979852

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