03423nam 2200625Ia 450 991045669230332120211102085617.01-282-48584-997866124858481-60473-359-4(CKB)2520000000009211(EBL)515588(OCoLC)609863399(SSID)ssj0000362721(PQKBManifestationID)11242812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362721(PQKBWorkID)10382216(PQKB)11463585(MiAaPQ)EBC515588(Au-PeEL)EBL515588(CaPaEBR)ebr10355619(CaONFJC)MIL248471(EXLCZ)99252000000000921120090526d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMadame Vieux Carré[electronic resource] the French Quarter in the twentieth century /Scott S. EllisJackson University Press of Mississippic20101 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-358-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; To Set the Scene; CHAPTER 1 1900-1920: The Quarter Faces a New Century; CHAPTER 2 1920-1930: The Firebird of Preservation; CHAPTER 3 1930-1946: The Struggle for the Tout Ensemble; CHAPTER 4 1946-1961: Official Vices and Dissenting Voices; CHAPTER 5 1961-1971: Culture and Counterculture; CHAPTER 6 INTERLUDE: "Goin' Down by My Mama's": Transportation and the Quarter; CHAPTER 7 1971-1978: Moon Rise; CHAPTER 8 INTERLUDE: Odd Folks; CHAPTER 9 INTERLUDE: Tourism; CHAPTER 10 1978-1994: The Long Slide Down; CHAPTER 11 INTERLUDE: The Lakeside, Strike ThreeCHAPTER 12 INTERLUDE: Time and Life in the Quarter CHAPTER 13 1994-2000: A Dance Before the Rain; CHAPTER 14 2000 AND ON: Into the New Century; Notes; Bibliography; IndexCelebrated in media and myth, New Orleans's French Quarter (Vieux Carré) was the original settlement of what became the city of New Orleans. In Madame Vieux Carré , Scott S. Ellis presents the social and political history of this famous district as it evolved from 1900 through the beginning of the twenty-first century. From the immigrants of the 1910's, to the preservationists of the 1930's, to the nightclub workers and owners of the 1950's and the urban revivalists of the 1990's, Madame Vieux Carré examines the many different people who have called the Quarter home, who have defined its characterVieux Carré (New Orleans, La.)HistoryVieux Carré (New Orleans, La.)History20th centuryVieux Carré (New Orleans, La.)Social life and customs20th centuryVieux Carré (New Orleans, La.)Politics and government20th centuryNew Orleans (La.)History20th centuryNew Orleans (La.)Social life and customs20th centuryNew Orleans (La.)Politics and government20th centuryElectronic books.976.3/35Ellis Scott S1026032MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456692303321Madame Vieux Carré2440713UNINA