Screen LibraryNew Orleans : the making of an urban landscape /
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University of Virginia Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Charlottesville, Virginia : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xxvii, 199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813940991 0813940990 9780813940984 0813940982 |
| Index Number: | HN80 |
| CLC: | K712.9 |
| Call Number: | K712.9/L675/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Book I. The shaping of New Orleans, from its beginnings to 1975 -- The eccentric city -- A place on the river -- The stages of metropolitan growth -- Epilogue to book one: yet still a fine city? -- Book II. The city transformed, 1975-2002 -- Rediscovering the river -- End of the boom: the oil bust of the 1980s and the disasters that followed it -- A new population geography -- Tourism in New Orleans -- The rising waters: the threats of floods and hurricanes -- Epilogue to book two: where now, the fine city? |