New Orleans on Parade : Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City /

This book tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, the author explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Souther, Jonathan Mark, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tourism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Tourism > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • A "New" New Orleans
  • Preservation and Profit in the French Quarter
  • Into the Big League
  • Making "The Birthplace of Jazz"
  • Selling "The Greatest Free Show on Earth"
  • "Creole Disneyland"
  • A City on Parade.

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