The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

by Lawrence N. Powell

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"Should stand for years as the definitive history of New Orleans's first century." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

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,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674725905

ISBN13:9780674725904

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.31 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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