Introduction: the city and the nation
Mississippi schemes: the making of a colonial elite, 1717-1803
New Orleans, 1803: infant city under the gaze of three empires
The passion of Citizen Laussat: New Orleans is ceded from Spain to France to the United States
Pathways to the Place d'Armes: the generation of 1804
Quel Triste Gouvernement: the early crisis of American rule, 1804
Liberty in Louisiana: accomplishments and compromises of American rule, 1804-1805
Creoles and Americans: compromises and accommodations, 1805-1807
A strong case of wanton oppression: Livingston, the corporation, the president, and the batture
Creation of an un-American republic: rebellion, reaction, and the anxious road to statehood
January 1815: "Louisiana is still american".
