Madame Vieux Carré : the French Quarter in the twentieth century /

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Celebrated 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 o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, Scott S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2010.
Temas:
1900-1999
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
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Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) > History > 20th century.
Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
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  • To set the scene
  • 1900-1920 : the Quarter faces a new century
  • 1920-1930 : the firebird of preservation
  • 1930-1946 : the struggle for the Tout Ensemble
  • 1946-1961 : official vices and dissenting voices
  • 1961-1971 : culture and counterculture
  • Interlude: "Goin' down by my mama's" : transportation and the Quarter
  • 1971-1978 : moon rise
  • Interlude: Odd folks
  • Interlude: Tourism
  • 1978-1994 : the long slide down
  • Interlude: The lakeside, strike three
  • Interlude: Time and life in the Quarter
  • 1994-2000 : a dance before the rain
  • 2000 and on : into the new century.

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