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BL
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991813
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b746183
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Dawdy, Shannon Lee,1967-
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| Title & Author
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Building the devil's empire : : French colonial New Orleans /\ Shannon Lee Dawdy.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color)
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| ISBN
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0226138437
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: 1281959499
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: 6611959491
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: 9780226138435
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: 9781281959492
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: 9786611959494
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0226138410
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9780226138411
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-306) and index.
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| Contents
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"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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| Abstract
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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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City planning-- Louisiana-- New Orleans-- History-- 18th century.
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Ethnology-- Louisiana-- New Orleans-- History-- 18th century.
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French-- Louisiana-- New Orleans-- 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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Colonial influence.
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Ethnic relations.
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Ethnology-- Louisiana-- New Orleans-- History-- 18th century.
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Ethnology.
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French-- Louisiana-- New Orleans-- History-- 18th century.
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French.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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Social conditions
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Louisiana, History, To 1803.
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New Orleans (La.), Colonial influence.
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New Orleans (La.), Ethnic relations, History, 18th century.
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New Orleans (La.), History, 18th century.
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New Orleans (La.), Social conditions, 18th century.
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Louisiana, History, To 1803.
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Louisiana, New Orleans.
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Louisiana.
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New Orleans (La.), Colonial influence.
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New Orleans (La.), Ethnic relations, History, 18th century.
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New Orleans (La.), History, 18th century.
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New Orleans (La.), Social conditions, 18th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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976.3/3502
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| LC Classification
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F379.N557D39 2008eb
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