New Orleans Yesterday and Today: A Guide to the City

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LSU Press, 2001 - History - 278 pages
Updated by the two living original authors, this new paper edition of New Orleans Yesterday and Today provides information on recent additions to the New Orleans scene, including countless new restaurants and music venues, casino gambling, the D-Day Museum, and the Aquarium of the Americas. The book provides a well-rounded sense of New Orleans' unique and multi-faceted culture and its evolution as a city. In addition to being a help to tourists, the book will provide a refresher history course to New Orleans natives.

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Contents

The People and Their History
93
THE PEOPLE
95
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
102
IO OLIVER POLLOCK
113
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
120
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
127
THE CIVIL WAR
133
RECONSTRUCTION AND AFTER
142
RELIGION
187
MUSIC
197
RESTAURANTS AND COOKING
205
Luncheon for FDR at Antoines
209
LITERATURE
215
Mark Twain and George Washington Cable
217
ART
222
A GALLERY OF PORTRAITS
227

YELLOW FEVER
154
TWENTIETH CENTURY
161
ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS
173
The Flavor of the City
177
MARDI GRAS
179
WOMEN
236
SPORTS
241
THINGS TO DO AND SEE
248
Hurricanes and Climate
271
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