Building the devil's empire [electronic resource] : French colonial New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: xxi, 320 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans (some col.)Subject(s):- French -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century
- Ethnology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century
- City planning -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 18th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Colonial influence
- New Orleans (La.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century
- Louisiana -- History -- To 1803
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- F379.N557 D39 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-306) and index.
"A veritable Babylon" : enlightenment and disorder -- La ville sauvage : nature and urban planning -- A backwater entrep�ot -- La renomm�ee : from colonial experiment to Creole society -- Tensions of power : law, discipline, and violence -- Conclusion : revolt and rogue colonialism.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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