Manufacturer: Louisiana State University Press
Written By: Cyril E. Vetter, Fonville Winans

In his now classic work of historical geography, published in 1976, Lewis traces the rise and expansion of New Orleans through four major historic periods. This revised and greatly expanded second edition brings that story up-to-date, illustrating how the city continues to overcome its site on the Mississippi Delta - "a fearsome place, difficult enough for building houses, lunacy for wharves and ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Virginia
Written By: Peirce F Lewis

Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey through the Cities of the Dead is a photographic tour of the city’s captivating graveyards. Glorious photographs accompanied by interesting captions showcase more than fifteen of New Orleans’s historic and fascinating cemeteries (or ""cities of the dead""), such as St. Louis #1, Greenwood, St. Roch, Lafayette, and bayou and plantation country ...

Manufacturer: Voyageur Press
Written By: Jan Arrigo

Human settlement of the Lower Mississippi River Valley—especially in New Orleans, the region’s largest metropolis—has produced profound and dramatic environmental change. From prehistoric midden building to late-twentieth century industrial pollution, Transforming New Orleans and Its Environs traces through history the impact of human activity upon the environment of this ...

Manufacturer: University of Pittsburgh Press
Written By: Craig Colten

From its ancient Indian peoples to its troubled beginning as a French colony to the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana has a history that, whatever else one might say about the state, has never been dull. This fifth edition of our classic survey history of Louisiana reflects a re-examination on the part of its esteemed team of authors of recent historical findings as well as of their ...

Manufacturer: Harlan Davidson
Written By: et al, Bennett R Wall

Introduction by Robert Harling Nestled on the banks of Louisiana's Cane River and founded in 1714 as a French colonial settlement, Natchitoches boasts brick streets, venerable architecture, and a charming ambiance that draw visitors from around the world. Nearby, a magnificent plantation country and the Creole community of Isle Brevelle amplify the area's allure. This stunning gallery of ...

Manufacturer: Louisiana State University Press
Written By: Richard Seale, Robert Deblieus, Harlan Mark Guidry, Robert Deblieux

In January 1862, nine months after the start of the Civil War, Sarah Morgan of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, began a diary that would become one of the most remarkable records of the era. Now published for the first time in its entirety, it provides a moving account of a family caught up in the turmoil of war, as well as a fascinating look inside the mind of an extraordinary nineteenth-century ...

Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press

"Every cemetery is worth visiting, and the people in them are worth trying to remember. They were much like us". Thus the writers of The Dallas Morning News set out to explore the cemeteries of Texas and the surrounding states for the newspaper's Travel section. The more than forty-five stories serve as history lessons and travelogues for more than sixty cemeteries, chronicling the resting places ...

Manufacturer: University of North Texas Press
Written By: Bryan Woolley, Tom Simmons, Kathryn Straach, Bob Bersano

Manufacturer: Center for Louisiana Studies University Siana
Written By: Carl A. Brasseaux

From the accounts of 18th-century travelers to the interpretations of 21st-century historians, Jumonville lists more than 6,800 books, chapters, articles, theses, dissertations, and government documents that describe the rich history of America's 18th state. Here are references to sources on the Louisiana Purchase, the Battle of New Orleans, Carnival, and Cajuns. Less-explored topics such as the ...

Manufacturer: Greenwood Press