Title The accidental city : improvising New Orleans / Lawrence N. Powell.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome.
Description	data file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-400) and index.
Contents	An impossible river -- A landjobbing scheme -- Utopian by design -- Improvising a city -- Changing of the guard -- In contraband we trust -- A Creole city -- Slavery and the struggle for mastery -- Slaves remake themselves -- A new people, a new racial order -- American gateway -- Epilogue.
Summary	Chronicles the history of the city from its being contended over as swampland through Louisiana's statehood in 1812, discussing its motley identities as a French village, African market town, Spanish fortress, and trade center.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 17th century.
	New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 18th century.
	French -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
	French.
	Louisiana -- New Orleans.
	History.
	Spaniards -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
	Spaniards.
	British -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
	British.
	Slavery -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
	Slavery.
Chronological Term	1600-1799
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Powell, Lawrence N. Accidental city. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 9780674059870 (DLC) 2011035074 (OCoLC)748286973
ISBN	9780674068933 (electronic book)
	0674068939 (electronic book)
	9780674065444 (electronic book)
	0674065441 (electronic book)
	9780674059870 (alkaline paper)
	0674059875 (alkaline paper)

Title The accidental city : improvising New Orleans / Lawrence N. Powell.

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