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Autore: | Smith Thomas Ruys <1979-> |
Titolo: | Southern Queen : New Orleans in the nineteenth century / / Thomas Ruys Smith |
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.: | 9910789560303321 |
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