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9780226138428

Building the Devil's Empire

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226138428

  • ISBN10:

    0226138429

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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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 Empireis 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 women, and carousing travelers, as well as the sounds and smells that created the texture of everyday life there. During the French period, the city earned its reputation as the devil's town, where laws were lax and pleasures abundant. Though New Orleans's roguish character is sometimes exaggerated, Dawdy traces its early roots in the city's political independence, active smuggling rings, and peculiar demographicsa diverse mix of Africans, Indians, Europeans, and Creoles all involved in the contentious process of building a new society. Dawdy also widens her lens to reveal the port city's global significance, examining its role in the French Empire and the Caribbean, and she concludes that by exemplifying a kind of rogue colonialismwhere governments, outlaws, and capitalism become entwinedNew Orleans should prompt us to reconsider our notions of how colonialism works. By the end of the French period, New Orleans was one of the most modernand most Americantowns in the New World. As the city enters a new phase in its history,Building the Devil's Empirepaints a rich and thoughtful portrait of its founding.

Author Biography

Shannon Lee Dawdy is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago and coeditor of Dialogues in Cuban Archaeology.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tablesp. xi
Prefacep. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xix
Introductionp. 1
"A Veritable Babylon" Enlightenment and Disorderp. 25
La Ville Sauvage Nature and Urban Planningp. 63
A Backwater Entrep&ohat;tp. 99
La Renommée From Colonial Experiment to Creole Societyp. 139
Tensions of Power Law, Discipline, and Violencep. 189
Conclusion Revolt and Rogue Colonialismp. 219
Chronologyp. 247
Glossaryp. 249
List of Abbreviationsp. 251
Notesp. 253
Indexp. 307
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