New Orleans

Author : Lewis Watts,Eric Porter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520955325

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New Orleans Suite by Lewis Watts,Eric Porter Pdf

With New Orleans Suite, Eric Porter and Lewis Watts join the post-Katrina conversation about New Orleans and its changing cultural scene. Using both visual evidence and the written word, Watts and Porter pay homage to the city, its region, and its residents, by mapping recent and often contradictory social and cultural transformations, and seeking to counter inadequate and often pejorative accounts of the people and place that give New Orleans its soul. Focusing for the most part on the city’s African American community, New Orleans Suite is a story about people: how bad things have happened to them in the long and short run, how they have persevered by drawing upon and transforming their cultural practices, and what they can teach us about citizenship, politics, and society.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780762765577

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New Orleans by Randi Minetor Pdf

From French Quarter to St. Charles Avenue and its cable cars, from the Garden District to the city's cemeteries with their iconic above-ground tombs, this book takes travelers to New Orleans as never before, providing a fascinating chronological history and walking tours of the city from its earliest days up to modern times. A separate tour covers every fifty years of history, pointing out key figures as well as regular citizens who made the city what it is today. Timeline Books These one-of-a-kind guides allow readers to move through time as never before, bringing them face to face with the people and events behind some of America's most important historical landmarks and locations. No other guidebooks draw so much on the first-hand accounts of those involved in the historic events that transpired in the areas covered—making readers feel as if they are experiencing living history. Each book features: * Two popout® maps—a historical map showing the area as it once was; and a modern map marking every stop on the tour and place mentioned in the text. * Additional color maps and up to 40-60 photos, both historical and modern * An introduction by an expert that sets the area in historical context * A timeline showing key historical events * A detailed walking tour of the present-day site, interspersed with first-hand accounts interspersed in the text or included as sidebars * Concise and colorful biographies of key historical figures * Where to stay and eat, and places to visit nearby Also available in the series: Antietam (978-0-7627-5328-4; 9/2009) Arlington National Cemetery (978-0-7627-5329-1; 9/2009) Fredericksburg (978-0-7627-5330-7; 1/2010) Gettysburg (978-0-7627-5331-4; 9/2009) Vicksburg (978-0-7627-5332-1; 1/2010) Washington, D.C. (978-0-7627-5333-8; 9/2009)

Author : Paul Bowker
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617879845

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New Orleans Pelicans by Paul Bowker Pdf

New Orleans Pelicans is a beginner's history of the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments, meet the team's best players and managers, and gain the inside track on information that completes the team's story. Mini-biographies, fun facts, anecdotes, fantastic quotes, and sidebars combine with full-color, action-packed photographs to round out the story of the Pelicans, allowing your readers Inside the NBA! SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : David Bastian,Nicholas J. Meis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455619405

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New Orleans Hurricanes from the Start by David Bastian,Nicholas J. Meis Pdf

According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the city of New Orleans is twice as likely to be struck by a hurricane as any other metropolitan area bordering the Gulf of Mexico. In this work, authors David F. Bastian and Nicholas J. Meis explore the historical records of storms that have affected the region in and around south Louisiana since the first colonizers set foot on the Mississippi delta in the late seventeenth century. Using letters, personal diaries, official records, newspaper articles, and expert analyses, Bastian and Meis delve into the effects of the monstrous storms that have irreparably impacted south Louisiana, including what went awry during Katrina in 2005. Also examined is the evolution of New Orleans's protection systems as well as what the city can do to avoid another catastrophe.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PSU:000065514160

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Post Katrina Health Care in the New Orleans Region by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Pdf

Author : Andrew Delaplaine
Publisher : Gramercy Park Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781641874144

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New Orleans - The Delaplaine 2022 Long Weekend Guide by Andrew Delaplaine Pdf

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in NEW ORLEANS, whether your trip takes you to the French Quarter, the Garden District or the Central Business District. Make the most of your visit to the Big Easy with this guide. “With the wealth of opportunities overwhelming us when we hit New Orleans, we found Delaplaine’s book to be an invaluable guide so we didn’t waste our time with bad restaurants and unimportant things to do.” --- George F., Seattle “I actually live in New Orleans and bought this book out of curiosity. I found three great restaurants I’d never even heard of.” --- Jerry A., New Orleans You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =LODGINGS (in several parts of Atlanta) variously priced =FINE & BUDGET RESTAURANTS, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you. =A handful of interesting SHOPPING ideas.

Author : Federal Writers' Project (New Orleans, La.)
Publisher : Somerset Publishing
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : New Orleans (La.)
ISBN : UVA:X000128528

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New Orleans City Guide by Federal Writers' Project (New Orleans, La.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2016 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Ship registers
ISBN : OSU:32435027129634

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Merchant Vessels of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1812 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Income
ISBN : UOM:39015061296508

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The Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics by Anonim Pdf

Presents 1990 census data arranged by zip codes and the name of the state, to create a detailed compendium of statistical data on consumer markets.

Author : David F. Marley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1031 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781576075746

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Historic Cities of the Americas [2 volumes] by David F. Marley Pdf

With rare maps, prints, and photographs, this unique volume explores the dramatic history of the Americas through the birth and development of the hemisphere's great cities. Written by award-winning author David F. Marley, Historic Cities of the Americas covers the hard-to-find information of these cities' earliest years, including the unique aspects of each region's economy and demography, such as the growth of local mining, trade, or industry. The chronological layout, aided by the numerous maps and photographs, reveals the exceptional changes, relocations, destruction, and transformations these cities endured to become the metropolises they are today. Historic Cities of the Americas provides over 70 extensively detailed entries covering the foundation and evolution of the most significant urban areas in the western hemisphere. Critically researched, this work offers a rare look into the times prior to Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492 and explores the common difficulties overcome by these European-conquered or -founded cities as they flourished into some of the most influential locations in the world.

Author : Lawrence N. Powell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469652023

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Troubled Memory, Second Edition by Lawrence N. Powell Pdf

This powerful book tells the story of Anne Skorecki Levy, a Holocaust survivor who transformed the horrors of her childhood into a passionate mission to defeat the political menace of reputed neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. The first book to connect the prewar and wartime experiences of Jewish survivors to the lives they subsequently made for themselves in the United States, Troubled Memory is also a dramatic testament to how the experiences of survivors as new Americans spurred their willingness to bear witness. Perhaps the only family to survive the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto as a group, the Skoreckis evaded deportation to Treblinka by posing as Aryans. The family eventually made their way to New Orleans, where they became part of a vibrant Jewish community. Lawrence Powell traces their dramatic odyssey and explores the events that eventually triggered Anne Skorecki Levy's brave decision to honor the suffering of the past by confronting the recurring specter of racist hatred.

Author : Diana J Muir
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780359793693

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Morse Family of Essex County, Massachusetts by Diana J Muir Pdf

After more than 20 years of research, the author was finally able to pull together more than 70,000 descendants of William Morss (b. in the 1600s) and his wife Elizabeth. By tracking the descendants of Anthony Morse of Essex County, MA she can identify more than 70,000 descendants. Many of these lines had been lost to history, including a more recent one of Joseph Willis Morse, whose son founded the precursor to the magazine "Vanity Fair" in Atlantic City. His son had '9' sons, each with large families of their own, none of whom were listed in the traditional histories. And so the search began.. Browse the names of the first 6 generations of descendants of Stephen Morse of Essex Co., MA. More will be published in the future, but books can only be so many pages. Volume 2 will include the story of Hugo Von Mors, the descendant of a noble Flanders family and a Knights Templar.

Author : Louisiana. Insurance Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3015247

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Annual Report by Louisiana. Insurance Dept Pdf

Author : Ann M. Masson
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455616770

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Cast Iron and the Crescent City by Ann M. Masson Pdf

Familiar to both locals and visitors, cast iron artistry remains an iconic characteristic of New Orleans. This pictorial study traces the iron work's history from its origins in England in the sixteenth century, to the establishment of the Leeds Iron Foundry in New Orleans in 1825, and cast iron's evolution into contemporary times. Mass-production methods made cast iron available for numerous types of building materials, and it was used for both decorative and structural purposes. In addition to noting the application of the material for bridges, beams, and girders, the book cites cast iron's popularity for fireplace fronts, mantels, and furniture. Because it was more durable than wood and cheaper than wrought iron, cast iron was available in many patterns. Ornate illustrations depict the various patterns of cast iron that have been used over the years, while sections of the text detail the difference between cast iron and wrought iron. Photographs portray examples of cast iron throughout the city of New Orleans, with the address of each establishment as a caption. The book also provides a list of local firms that specialized in ornamental iron working.

Author : Eleanor Alexander
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814706961

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Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow by Eleanor Alexander Pdf

On February 10th, 1906, Alice Ruth Moore, estranged wife of renowned poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, opened her newspaper to learn of her husband's death the day before. This work traces the tempestuous romance of America's most noted African American literary couple, drawing on a variety of resources.