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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2013

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    Verlag: LSU Press, 2013

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2013

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Louisiana State University Press, 2006

    0807131938 / 9780807131930

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that parades itself to visitors and residents alike.Stagnant between the Civil War and World War II -- a period of great expansion nationally -- New Orleans unintentionally preserved its distinctive physical appearance and culture. Though business, civic, and government leaders tried to pursue conventional modernization in the 1940s, competition from other Sunbelt cities as well as a national economic shift from production to consumption gradually led them to seize on tourism as the growth engine for future prosperity, giving rise to a veritable gumbo of sensory attractions. A trend in historic preservation and the influence of outsiders helped fan this newfound identity, and the city's residents learned to embrace rather than disdain their past.A growing reliance on the tourist trade fundamentally affected social relations in New Orleans. African Americans were cast as actors who shaped the culture that made tourism possible while at the same time they were exploited by the local power structure. As black leaders' influence increased, the white elite attempted to keep its traditions -- including racial inequality -- intact, and race and class issues often lay at the heart of controversies over progress. Once the most tolerant diverse city in the South and the nation, New Orleans came to lag behind the rest of the country in pursuing racial equity.Souther traces the ascendancy of tourism in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, examining the 1984 World's Fair, the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the eighties, and the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Narrated in a lively style and resting on a bedrock of research, New Orleans on Parade is a landmark book that allows readers to fully understand the image-making of the Big Easy.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2006

    0807131938 / 9780807131930

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2006

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2006

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2006

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Temple University Press, 2017

    1439913730 / 9781439913734

    Serie: Buch 19 von 26 - Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Temple University Press, 2017

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    Serie: Buch 19 von 26 - Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

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    Verlag: Louisiana State University Press, 2006

    0807131938 / 9780807131930

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    Verlag: LSU Press, 2025

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    hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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    Verlag: LSU Press, 2025

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    Verlag: LSU Press, 2025

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: The University of Alabama Press, 2003

    0817350098 / 9780817350093

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Anyone who has seen Rock City, wandered the grounds of Graceland, hiked in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or watched the mermaids swim at Weeki Wachee knows the southern United States offers visitors a rich variety of scenic, cultural, and leisure activities. Tourism has been, and is still, one of the most powerful economic forces in the modern South. It is a multibillion-dollar industry that creates jobs and generates revenue while drawing visitors from around the world to enjoy the region's natural and man-made attractions. This collection of 11 essays explores tourism as a defining force in southern history by focusing on particular influences and localities. Alecia Long examines sex as a fundamental component of tourism in New Orleans in the early 20th century, while Brooks Blevins describes how tourism served as a modernizing influence on the Arkansas Ozarks, even as the region promoted itself as a land of quaint, primitive hillbillies. Anne Whisnant chronicles the battle between North Carolina officials building the Blue Ridge Parkway and the owner of Little Switzerland, who fought for access and advertising along the scenic highway. One essay probes the racial politics behind the development of Hilton Head Island, while another looks at the growth of Florida's panhandle into a redneck Riviera, catering principally to southerners, rather than northern tourists. Southern Journeys is a pioneering work in southern history. It introduces a new window through which to view the region's distinctiveness. Scholars and students of environmental history, business history, labor history, and social history will all benefit from a consideration of the place of tourism in southern life.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: The University of Alabama Press, 2003

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Anyone who has seen Rock City, wandered the grounds of Graceland, hiked in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or watched the mermaids swim at Weeki Wachee knows the southern United States offers visitors a rich variety of scenic, cultural, and leisure activities. Tourism has been, and is still, one of the most powerful economic forces in the modern South. It is a multibillion-dollar industry that creates jobs and generates revenue while drawing visitors from around the world to enjoy the region's natural and man-made attractions. This collection of 11 essays explores tourism as a defining force in southern history by focusing on particular influences and localities. Alecia Long examines sex as a fundamental component of tourism in New Orleans in the early 20th century, while Brooks Blevins describes how tourism served as a modernizing influence on the Arkansas Ozarks, even as the region promoted itself as a land of quaint, primitive hillbillies. Anne Whisnant chronicles the battle between North Carolina officials building the Blue Ridge Parkway and the owner of Little Switzerland, who fought for access and advertising along the scenic highway. One essay probes the racial politics behind the development of Hilton Head Island, while another looks at the growth of Florida's panhandle into a redneck Riviera, catering principally to southerners, rather than northern tourists. Southern Journeys is a pioneering work in southern history. It introduces a new window through which to view the region's distinctiveness. Scholars and students of environmental history, business history, labor history, and social history will all benefit from a consideration of the place of tourism in southern life.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LOUSIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BATON ROUGE LA, 2006

    0807131938 / 9780807131930

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    Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. THE STORY OF NEW ORLEANS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND HOW THE CITY WAS SHAPED BY A TOURISM BASED ECONOMY POST KATRINA POSTSCRIPT THE STORY OF MOVING ETERNAL INDESTRUCTIBLE CITY SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED STATED FIRST PRINTING BOUND IN LAVENDER WITH PERFECT SILVER LETTERING JACKET IS BRIGHT COMPLETE AND UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL PRICE 34.95 ONLY FLAW IS A FOLD TO FRONT DUST FLAP. PHOTOS (illustrator).…

  • Verlag: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA, 2006

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2025

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: LSU Press, 2013

    0807154415 / 9780807154410

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Temple University Press 11/3/2017, 2017

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    Serie: Buch 19 von 26 - Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Temple University Press, 2017

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    Verlag: University of Chicago press, 2017

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    Verlag: Lousiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 2006

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    Hardcover. Zustand: VG/VG. Lavendar cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. xi, 303 pp. Illustrations. "New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that parades itself to visitors and residents alike. Stagnant between the Civil War and World War IIa period of great expansion nationallyNew Orleans unintentionally preserved its distinctive physical appearance and culture. Though business, civic, and government leaders tried to pursue conventional modernization in the 1940s, competition from other Sunbelt cities as well as a national economic shift from production to consumption gradually led them to seize on tourism as the growth engine for future prosperity, giving rise to a veritable gumbo of sensory attractions. A trend in historic preservation and the influence of outsiders helped fan this newfound identity, and the city's residents learned to embrace rather than disdain their past. A growing reliance on the tourist trade fundamentally affected social relations in New Orleans. African Americans were cast as actors who shaped the culture that made tourism possible while at the same time they were exploited by the local power structure. As black leaders' influence increased, the white elite attempted to keep its traditionsincluding racial inequalityintact, and race and class issues often lay at the heart of controversies over progress. Once the most tolerant diverse city in the South and the nation, New Orleans came to lag behind the rest of the country in pursuing racial equity. Souther traces the ascendancy of tourism in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, examining the 1984 World's Fair, the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the eighties, and the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Narrated in a lively style and resting on a bedrock of research, New Orleans on Parade is a landmark book that allows readers to fully understand the image-making of the Big Easy." -Jacket.…