TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dawdy,Shannon Lee
TI  - Building the devil's empire: French colonial New Orleans 
SN  - 9780226138435
AV  - F379.N557 D39 2008eb
U1  - 976.3/3502 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - French
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - New Orleans
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - City planning
KW  - Français
KW  - Louisiane
KW  - La Nouvelle-Orléans
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Ethnologie
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - State & Local
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Colonial influence
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - sears
KW  - New Orleans (La.)
KW  - To 1803
KW  - Jusqu'à 1803
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 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; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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
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