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

By: Dawdy, Shannon Lee, 1967-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: 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 1803Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 976.3/3502 LOC classification: F379.N557 | D39 2008Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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 entrepot -- La renommee : from colonial experiment to Creole society -- Tensions of power : law, discipline, and violence -- Conclusion : revolt and rogue colonialism.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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