New Orleans in the Sixties - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Orleans in the Sixties write by Mary Lou Widmer. This book was released on 2008-05-09. New Orleans in the Sixties available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this, her fifth book in the series describing past decades in New Orleans' history, local author and historian Mary Lou Widmer offers readers unique glimpses into the turbulent and triumphal 1960s. The decade of the sixties was one that confounded America like no period before. It ushered in a time of social change and tension. In New Orleans, this period was visible in the city's skyline as the face of New Orleans began to change. Tourism became a major concern, construction on the Superdome began, some of the biggest buildings were built, and the Saints came marching in. Packed with photographs and reminiscences of an important decade in the evolution of this American metropolis, New Orleans in the Sixties is a unique accomplishment that will interest both residents and lovers of the Crescent City.
New Orleans After the Promises
New Orleans After the Promises - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Orleans After the Promises write by Kent B. Germany. This book was released on 2011-08-15. New Orleans After the Promises available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the 1960s and 1970s, New Orleans experienced one of the greatest transformations in its history. Its people replaced Jim Crow, fought a War on Poverty, and emerged with glittering skyscrapers, professional football, and a building so large it had to be called the Superdome. New Orleans after the Promises looks back at that era to explore how a few thousand locals tried to bring the Great Society to Dixie. With faith in God and American progress, they believed that they could conquer poverty, confront racism, establish civic order, and expand the economy. At a time when liberalism seemed to be on the wane nationally, black and white citizens in New Orleans cautiously partnered with each other and with the federal government to expand liberalism in the South. As Kent Germany examines how the civil rights, antipoverty, and therapeutic initiatives of the Great Society dovetailed with the struggles of black New Orleanians for full citizenship, he defines an emerging public/private governing apparatus that he calls the "Soft State": a delicate arrangement involving constituencies as varied as old-money civic leaders and Black Power proponents who came together to sort out the meanings of such new federal programs as Community Action, Head Start, and Model Cities. While those diverse groups struggled--violently on occasion--to influence the process of racial inclusion and the direction of economic growth, they dramatically transformed public life in one of America's oldest cities. While many wonder now what kind of city will emerge after Katrina, New Orleans after the Promises offers a detailed portrait of the complex city that developed after its last epic reconstruction.
Portraits from Memory
Portraits from Memory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Portraits from Memory write by Darlene Fife. This book was released on 2000. Portraits from Memory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
New Orleans, 1900 to 1920
New Orleans, 1900 to 1920 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Orleans, 1900 to 1920 write by Mary Lou Widmer. This book was released on 2007-01-01. New Orleans, 1900 to 1920 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ways in which city leaders of early 1900s New Orleans tamed nature are described in a richly illustrated history that also recounts what the city's inhabitants were wearing and driving, where they were living, and how they whiled away idle time.
New Orleans in the Thirties
New Orleans in the Thirties - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Orleans in the Thirties write by Mary Lou Widmer. This book was released on 1989-09-30. New Orleans in the Thirties available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. New Orleans in the Thirties offers a nostalgic view of life in New Orleans half a century ago through photographs and reminiscences. It was a time when Robert Maestri was mayor, the St. Charles streetcar made a complete loop, and the Pelicans won the Dixie Series in baseball. Moreover, it was a time when doctors made house calls and women donned gloves to go shopping. Fascinating period photographs accompany intimate and loving descriptions of the Crescent City of the thirties, capturing the mood and magic of that decade. This volume brings to life the New Orleans of the past and allows the reader to discover-or rediscover-the character of that time and place. The author's recollections will appeal to non-New Orleanians, that is, to anyone who grew up in America during the depression era. She recalls, for example, the leisurely pace of pre-television society in which radio held a powerfully unique role, as well as the headline fashions of the day and the cultural mores that now may seem quaint to many. Mary Lou Widmer, a native New Orleanian, is president of the South Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America. She has written several articles for New Orleans publications, and is the author of Night Jasmine, Beautiful Crescent, and Lace Curtain . Widmer is also the author of New Orleans in the Twenties, New Orleans in the Forties, and New Orleans in the Fifties, all published by Pelican.
