Powell, Lawrence N.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
• 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.

Subjects:

• New Orleans (La.) — History — 17th century.
• New Orleans (La.) — History — 18th century.
• French — Louisiana — New Orleans — History.
• Spaniards — Louisiana — New Orleans — History.
• British — Louisiana — New Orleans — History.
• Slavery — Louisiana — New Orleans — History.

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