| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-306) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Two years ago, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina inspired emotional elegies to the long and colorful history of New Orleans. But until now, the story of French New Orleans has remained largely untold. Building the Devil's Empire is the first comprehensive history of the city's early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 as an imperial experiment in urban planning through its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. Shannon Lee Dawdy's picaresque account of New Orleans's wild youth features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued wome. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 18th century.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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French -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century.
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French. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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New Orleans (La.) -- Colonial influence.
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Ethnology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century.
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Ethnology. |
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New Orleans (La.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century.
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City planning -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century.
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City planning. |
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Louisiana -- History -- To 1803.
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Louisiana. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1803 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dawdy, Shannon Lee, 1967- Building the devil's empire. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226138411 0226138410 (DLC) 2007047693 (OCoLC)176979852 |
| ISBN |
9780226138435 (electronic book) |
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0226138437 (electronic book) |
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9780226138411 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226138410 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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