The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
by:
Ned Sublette (author)
Like numerous other port cities, New Orleans has benefited from a blend of cultural traditions, but there has always been something unique about the Big Easy. Ned Sublette's The World That Made New Orleans delves into that singular quality by examining multiple threads of influence that have left...
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Like numerous other port cities, New Orleans has benefited from a blend of cultural traditions, but there has always been something unique about the Big Easy. Ned Sublette's The World That Made New Orleans delves into that singular quality by examining multiple threads of influence that have left their mark on this historic city. Tracking its development from colonization to Louisiana statehood, Sublette shows how African slaves, free blacks, and Europeans have all left their imprint on the cultural life of this busy Gulf port.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781556527302 (1556527306)
Publish date: January 1st 2008
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Pages no: 360
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
History,
Reference,
Cultural,
Book Club,
American,
African American,
American History,
Southern,
Music,
Research
From Ned Sublette comes a lively, rollicking recounting of the three histories of New Orleans: French, Spanish, and American. Covering the earliest days of the city through the first quarter century or so of the Nineteenth Century, Sublette’s is detailed, nuanced work, focusing particularly on the ...
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