Popular New Orleans: The Crescent City in Periodicals, Theme Parks, and Opera, 1875–2015 100019695X, 9781000196955

Secrets of New Orleans: A 1920s Sourcebook to the Crescent City (23114) 1568823029, 9781568823027

New Orleans is a city of many faces. The gaiety of Mardi Gras is juxtaposed with the rampant corruption that earned it t

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Theme Parks [1 ed.] 9781499437355, 9781499437348

Costumed characters transform ordinary amusement parks into magical settings where princesses, superheroes, and more com

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Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City 9780520933842

"Post-Katrina New Orleans hasn't been an easy place to live, it hasn't been an easy place to be in love,

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Representations of Classical Greece in Theme Parks 9781474297844, 9781474297875, 9781474297868

Theme park studies is a growing field in social and cultural studies. Nonetheless, until now little attention has been d

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New Orleans: A Writer's City (Imagining Cities) 9781316512067, 9781009057493, 1316512061

The neighborhoods of New Orleans have given rise to an extraordinary outpouring of important writing. Over the last cent

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Lost Amusement Parks of New York City 9781625845566, 9781626191037

A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughs—including photos from the good old days. Coney Island is an ic

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New Orleans in the Atlantic World 9780415849722

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Kate Chopin and the City: The New Orleans Stories 3031443004, 9783031443008

This book examines selected short stories and novels by Kate Chopin through the lens of the city of New Orleans. Chopin’

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Kate Chopin and the City: The New Orleans Stories 3031443004, 9783031443008

This book examines selected short stories and novels by Kate Chopin through the lens of the city of New Orleans. Chopin’

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Imagining the Creole City: The Rise of Literary Culture in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans 0807158259, 9780807158258

In the early years of the nineteenth century, the burgeoning cultural pride of white Creoles in New Orleans intersected

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