New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape
Language: English
Published by Ballinger Pub Co, 1976
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- Title
- New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape
- Author
- Lewis, Peirce F.
- Publisher
- Ballinger Pub Co
- Publication year
- 1976
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0884104338
- ISBN 13
- 9780884104339
"By weaving in a single narrative the city's siting, geography, spatial qualities, culture, economy, society, and tragedy, it affords us an exceptional insight into the city as it is today, and remains a passionate journey through one of our nation's most fascinating places."--from Karen Kingsley's foreword
In his now classic work of historical geography, originally published in 1976, Lewis traces the rise and expansion of New Orleans through four major historical periods. Newly reissued by the University of Virginia Press, this second edition offers a revised and greatly expanded look at this unique community on the Mississippi Delta--"a fearsome place, difficult enough for building houses, lunacy for wharves and skyscrapers"--with a new foreword that situates Lewis's work post-Katrina, and argues that it remains as insightful and compelling today as it was before the hurricane made landfall in August 2005.
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Peirce Lewis's long overdue second edition is just as pleasurable to read as the original. It exposes the flaws of an inhospitable site, the richness of the local architecture, and the complexities of the city's social geography with a flair and clarity we should all aspire to.--Craig E. Colten, Louisiana State University
Peirce Lewis's original "New Orleans" earned iconic status in georaphical writing on the American city. The appearance of a thoroughly reworked new edition is a devoutly welcome event.--Michael P. Conzen, University of Chicago
Peirce Lewis's long overdue second edition is just as pleasurable to read as the original. It exposes the flaws of an inhospitable site, the richness of the local architecture, and the complexities of the city's social geography with a flair and clarity we should all aspire to.
--Craig E. Colten, Louisiana State UniversityPeirce Lewis's original New Orleans earned iconic status in georaphical writing on the American city. The appearance of a thoroughly reworked new edition is a devoutly welcome event.
--Michael P. Conzen, University of Chicago"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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