Luxury, inequity & yellow fever
Subtitle: living legacies and the story of old New Orleans : Hermann-Grima + Gallier historic houses
By: Kerri McCaffety with Mikko Macchione
Contributors: Macchione, Mikko
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Published by Vissi d'Arte Books for Hermann-Grima and Gallier Historic Houses
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New Orleans
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780615980973
Subjects: Pictorial works; Historic buildings; Dwellings; History; Domestic Architecture; Social life and customs; Buildings, structures; Hermann-Grima House (New Orleans, La.); Gallier House (New Orleans, La.)
Other titles: Luxury, inequity, and yellow fever
Description: "Luxury, Inequity, and Yellow Fever documents in photographs and words two of the most beautifully restored historic homes in New Orleans' French Quarter: the Hermann-Grima House and the Gallier House. Built in 1831 and 1860, these museums connect us to the New Orleans of the mid-19th-century--a romantic, decadent and mysterious time, a time filled with wealth, culture, slavery, oppression, hurricanes, and disease. Side by side with the affluence of antebellum luxury was an astoundingly stratified society of groups within groups, and with distinctions of race, sex, nationality, religion and social standing that were as intricate as any caste system. Finally, the city's environment, including unforgiving weather, sickly swamp conditions and rampant urban growth, created a dramatic backdrop. The Hermann-Grima and Gallier Historic houses actively tell the story of the men who built them and the challenges they faced, the Free People of Color and the immigrants who were the craftsmen creating the amazing interiors, and the enslaved workers who ran the day-to-day business of the homes. The houses are owned by The Woman's Exchange, whose mission is to make a difference in historic preservation by restoring and maintaining the Hermann-Grima & Gallier Historic Houses and interpreting their contribution and place in New Orleans"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "Dedicated to the women of The Woman's Exchange who, through extraordinary efforts, have preserved and restored the Hermann-Grima and Gallier Houses to their original glory, offering us and future generations a priceless connection to history."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A tale of two houses; title: Early American New Orleans; title: The Samuel Hermann family & a mansion of distinction; title: The Hermann-Grima House; title: Memories of an exile; title: The dedication of Felix Grima; title: Dixie dreamland; title: Antebellum New Orleans; title: The senior Gallier; title: A proper field for my labours; title: Gallier fils; title: Promise fulfilled & the end of prosperity; title: The Gallier house; title: The death of the convenient aristocracy & the long road to renaissance; title: The Woman's Exchange & lovely rooms for employed ladies.