Shown below is 1 of 37 pairs of then-and-now photographs of historic New Orleans, dating from the 1840s to the 1990s. See if you recognize their locations (some are difficult!). Want to see more? Please check out my 1999 book,New Orleans Then and Now.
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Reviews
"Lincoln in New Orleans," 2010 Winner of the Williams Prize from The Historic New Orleans Collection; "Bienville's Dilemma," Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' 2009 Book of the Year Award; "Geographies of New Orleans," Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' and New Orleans-Gulf South Booksellers Association's 2006 Book of the Year Award; "Time and Place in New Orleans," New Orleans-Gulf South Booksellers Association 2002 Book of the Year Award
Featured Books
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Bienville's Dilemma
A Historical Geography of New Orleans
- Introduction and Timeline
- I. Forming the Landscape
- II. Settling the Landscape
- III. Urbanizing the Landscape
- IV. Populating the Landscape
- V. Manipulating the Landscape
- VI. Humanizing the Landscape
- VII. Devastating the Landscape
- VIII. Restoring the Landscape
- Graphical Insert (Maps, Graphs, Photos)
- Please see book for references and index
Geographies of New Orleans
Urban Fabrics Before The Storm
- Introduction and Timeline
- I. Physical Geographies
- II. Urban Geographies
- III. Ethnic Geographies
- IV. Geographies of Catastrophe
- Please see book for references and index
Lincoln in New Orleans
The 1828-1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History