The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City

by Dianne Guenin-Lelle

Book Overview

What is it about the city of New Orleans? History, location, and culture continue to link it to France while distancing it culturally and symbolically from the United States. This book explores the traces of French language, history, and artistic expression that have been present there over the last three hundred years. This volume focuses on the French, Spanish, and American colonial periods to understand the imprint that French socio-cultural dynamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496820304
• ISBN13: 9781496820303
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"