Creating the Big Easy : New Orleans and the emergence of modern tourism, 1918-1945 / Anthony J. Stanonis.

Author/creator Stanonis, Anthony J.
Format Book
Publication InfoAthens : University of Georgia Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxiv, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction : the city of myths -- A city of destiny : New Orleans businessmen and modern tourism -- New era New Orleans : the Great Depression, taxation, and Robert Maestri -- A new Babylon : vice and gender in New Orleans -- French town : the reconstruction of the Vieux Carré -- A city that care forgot : the reinvention of New Orleans Mardi Gras -- Old New Orleans : race and tourism -- Epilogue : boomtown.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-301) and index.
LCCN 2005029469
ISBN0820328170 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0820328227 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820328171
ISBN9780820328225

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Joyner General Stacks G155.U6 S645 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold