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In the nineteenth century, there were few cities in the world more remarkable than New Orleans. Cosmopolitan, alluring, dangerous - a profound m?lange of Old World sensibilities and New World possibilities - it was a place unlike anywhere else in America. Southern Queen: New Orleans in the Nineteenth Century examines the city's rise and fall in this crucible period, charting its transformation from a small colonial backwater on the banks of the Mississippi, through the apex of its power and influence in the antebellum years, to the years of poverty and hardship that followed the Civil War. It is a story characterised by the city's reputation for decadence, exoticism and illicit pleasures - the glittering carnival mask that the Big Easy still presents to the world. But it is also a story punctuated by a host of disasters that provide stark counterpoints to the glamour of Mardi Gras. Throughout the nineteenth century, the city that care was supposed to forget was visited by wars, epidemics, riots, and - from slavery to Reconstruction and beyond - continual and violent racial tension. Yet through it all, the Southern Queen developed a profound romantic appeal that proved irresistible

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Author

Thomas Ruys Smith

Publisher

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441148254

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.11 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14