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Madame Vieux Carré : the French Quarter in the twentieth century / Scott S. Ellis.

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"Celebrated in media and myth, New Orleans's French Quarter (Vieux Carre) was the original settlement of what became the city of New Orleans. In Madame Vieux Carre, Scott S. Ellis presents the social and political history of this famous district as it evolved from 1900 through the beginnin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Scott S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2010.
Subjects:
Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) > History > 20th century.
Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
New Orleans (La.) > History > 20th century.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
New Orleans (La.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • To set the scene
  • 1900-1920 : the Quarter faces a new century
  • 1920-1930 : the firebird of preservation
  • 1930-1946 : the struggle for the Tout Ensemble
  • 1946-1961 : official vices and dissenting voices
  • 1961-1971 : culture and counterculture
  • Interlude: "Goin' down by my mama's" : transportation and the Quarter
  • 1971-1978 : moon rise
  • Interlude: Odd folks
  • Interlude: Tourism
  • 1978-1994 : the long slide down
  • Interlude: The lakeside, strike three
  • Interlude: Time and life in the Quarter
  • 1994-2000 : a dance before the rain
  • 2000 and on : into the new century.

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