Madame Vieux Carré
Subtitle: the French Quarter in the twentieth century
By: Scott S. Ellis.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781604733587
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
Description: "From the immigrants of the 1910s, to the preservationists of the 1930s, to the nightclub workers and owners of the 1950s and the urban revivalists of the 1990s, Madame Vieux Carre examines the many different people who have called the Quarter home, who have defined its character, and who have fought to keep it from being overwhelmed by tourism's neon and kitsch"--Cover, p. 2.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  and index.
Table of contents: title: To set the scene; title: 1900-1920 : the Quarter faces a new century; title: 1920-1930 : the firebird of preservation; title: 1930-1946 : the struggle for the tout ensemble; title: 1946-1961 : official vices and dissenting voices; title: 1961-1971 : culture and counterculture; title: Interlude: "Goin' down by my mama's" : transportation and the Quarter; title: 1971-1978 : moon rise; title: Interlude: Odd folks; title: Interlude: Tourism; title: 1978-1994 : the long slide down; title: Interlude: The lakeside, strike three; title: Interlude: Time and life in the Quarter; title: 1994-2000 : a dance before the rain; title: 2000 and on : into the new century.