Building the Land of Dreams
Subtitle: New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America
By: Eberhard L. Faber
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780691166896
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-423) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the city and the nation; title: Mississippi schemes: the making of a colonial elite, 1717-1803; title: New Orleans, 1803: infant city under the gaze of three empires; title: The passion of Citizen Laussat: New Orleans is ceded from Spain to France to the United States; title: Pathways to the Place d'Armes: the generation of 1804; title: Quel Triste Gouvernement: the early crisis of American rule, 1804; title: Liberty in Louisiana: accomplishments and compromises of American rule, 1804-1805; title: Creoles and Americans: compromises and accommodations, 1805-1807; title: A strong case of wanton oppression: Livingston, the corporation, the president, and the batture; title: Creation of an un-American republic: rebellion, reaction, and the anxious road to statehood; title: January 1815: "Louisiana is still american".