Building the Devil's Empire
French Colonial New Orleans
336 pages, 7 color plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables 6 x 9
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2008
Cloth $35.00
ISBN: 9780226138411
Published September 2008
Paper $22.50
ISBN: 9780226138428
Published September 2009
List of Illustrations and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction
Chapter 1. “A Veritable Babylon”: Enlightenment and Disorder Chapter 2. La Ville Sauvage: Nature and Urban Planning Chapter 3. A Backwater Entrepôt Chapter 4. La Renommée: From Colonial Experiment to Creole Society Chapter 5. Tensions of Power: Law, Discipline, and Violence Chapter 6. Conclusion: Revolt and Rogue Colonialism
Chronology Glossary List of Abbreviations Notes
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