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Building the devil's empire : French colonial New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- 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.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Two years ago, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina inspired emotional elegies to the long and colorful history of New Orleans. But until now, the story of French New Orleans has remained largely untold. Building the Devil's Empire is the first comprehensive history of the city's early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 as an imperial experiment in urban planning through its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. Shannon Lee Dawdy's picaresque account of New Orleans's wild youth features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued wome
- Contents:
- "A veritable Babylon" : enlightenment and disorder
- La ville sauvage : nature and urban planning
- A backwater entrepot
- La renommee : from colonial experiment to Creole society
- Tensions of power : law, discipline, and violence
- Conclusion : revolt and rogue colonialism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611959494
- 9781281959492
- 1281959499
- 9780226138435
- 0226138437
- OCLC:
- 436097131
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