Southern Queen : New Orleans in the nineteenth century / / Thomas Ruys Smith

• Autore: Smith Thomas Ruys <1979->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Continuum, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.3 3506 22
• Soggetto geografico: New Orleans (La.) History 19th century; New Orleans (La.) Social conditions 19th century; New Orleans (La.) Social life and customs 19th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction: A Bend in the River; 1 "A very difficult people to manage": The Battles for New Orleans; 2 "Eternal bustle": The Making of an American City; 3 "Prima donna": The Queen of the South; 4 "Oh, weep for New Orleans!": Civil War and Reconstruction; 5 "A colossal white elephant": New Orleans, the New South, and the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition; 6 "Par excellence a city of fun": Segregation and Sex at the End of a Century; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: New Orleans occupies a singular position within American life. Drawing deeply from Old World traditions and New World possibilities, the port city of the Mississippi has proved a lure to an extraordinary variety of travellers from its very earliest days. New Orleans has always been a world city like no other: it combines the magnolia and moonlight appeal of Southern romanticism, a popular sense of exoticism and decadence, the hint of illicit sex, and a cultural history without compare. However, alongside the glamour there runs another story - of tension, conflict, hardship and destruction. It
• Titolo autorizzato: Southern Queen
• ISBN: 1-283-12274-X; 9786613122742; 1-4411-4825-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823058403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II