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xix, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Recounts the evolution of New Orleans from its founding as a European city in the early seventeenth century up to the present time, including in this edition updates on how Hurricane Katrina has affected the city. --from publisher description.
The eccentric city -- A place on the river -- The stages of metropolitan growth -- Epilogue to Book One : Yet still a fine city? -- 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?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-190) and index.
Sante Fe, N.M. : Center for American Places in association with the University of Virginia Press ; Charlottesville, VA : Distributed by the University of Virginia Press, 2003