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100 1  Powell, Lawrence N. 
245 14 The accidental city :|bimprovising New Orleans /|cby 
       Lawrence N. Powell. 
264  1 Cambridge, Mass. :|bHarvard University Press,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations,
       maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-400) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
650  0 French|zLouisiana|zNew Orleans|xHistory. 
650  0 Spaniards|zLouisiana|zNew Orleans|xHistory. 
650  0 British|zLouisiana|zNew Orleans|xHistory. 
650  0 Slavery|zLouisiana|zNew Orleans|xHistory. 
651  0 New Orleans (La.)|xHistory|y17th century. 
651  0 New Orleans (La.)|xHistory|y18th century. 
994    92|bCKE