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

By: Dawdy, Shannon Lee, 1967-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: xxi, 320 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans (some col.) ; 24 cm.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 1803Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 976.3/3502 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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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 entrepôt -- La renommée : from colonial experiment to Creole society -- Tensions of power : law, discipline, and violence -- Conclusion : revolt and rogue colonialism.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.