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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century.

New Orleans (La.).

New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--19th century.

New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-12274-X

9786613122742

1-4411-4825-6

OCLC:

727649594