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

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Powell, Lawrence N.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Description:

422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-400) and index.
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 -- The slaves remake themselves -- A new people, a new racial order -- The American gateway.

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.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780674059870 (alk. paper)
0674059875 (alk. paper)
(ebook)
9780674065444
0674065441

Subject:

French Louisiana New Orleans History.
Spaniards Louisiana New Orleans History.
British Louisiana New Orleans History.
Slavery Louisiana New Orleans History.
Français Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans Histoire.
Espagnols Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans Histoire.
Britanniques Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans Histoire.
History.
British.
French.
Slavery.
Spaniards.
Städtebau
Stadtplanung
Fransmän historia Louisiana (stat) New Orleans.
Spanjorer historia Louisiana (stat) New Orleans.
Engelsmän historia Louisiana (stat) New Orleans.
Slaveri historia Louisiana (stat) New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) History 17th century.
New Orleans (La.) History 18th century.
Louisiana New Orleans.
New Orleans, La.
New Orleans.
New Orleans historia 1600-talet 1700-talet.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History.

Added entries:

Improvising New Orleans

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277621
Call No.: BIB 212484
Status: Available

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