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Building the devil's empire : French colonial New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy.
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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
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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