"...dans le milieu de la Ville qui fait face à la place, se trouvent tous les besoins publiques..." : remarques sur la notion de centralité urbanistique en Louisiane coloniale et à New Orleans

The founding of the colonials towns of "La Mobile" (Mobile. Al.) and "La Nouvelle Orléans" (New Orleans, La.) illustrates the original French type of town-planning. In New Orleans particularly, all powers focused on a central square. This "place d’Armes" appears as the...

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Main Author: Gilles-Antoine Langlois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2006-06-01
Series:Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/caliban/2390