The accidental city improvising New Orleans
This is the story of a city that shouldn't exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America's most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, battered by hurricanes. But through the intense imperial rivalries of Spain, France, and England, and...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London :
Harvard University Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | This is the story of a city that shouldn't exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America's most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, battered by hurricanes. But through the intense imperial rivalries of Spain, France, and England, and the ambitious, entrepreneurial merchants and settlers from four continents who risked their lives to succeed in colonial America, this unpromising site became a crossroads for the whole Atlantic world. |
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| Item Description: | Formerly CIP. |
| Physical Description: | 422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674059870 (hbk) 0674059875 (hbk) |
