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Dawdy, Shannon Lee, 1967-

Building the devil's empire French colonial New Orleans / [electronic resource] : Shannon Lee Dawdy. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xxi, 320 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans (some col.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-306) and index.

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA847515 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
French--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--18th century.
Ethnology--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--18th century.
City planning--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--18th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
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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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F379.N557 / D39 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 976.3/3502