Building the Land of Dreams - New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America

About the author

Eberhard L. Faber teaches history and music industry studies at Loyola University, New Orleans. Previously, he spent twelve years leading the New York-based rock band God Street Wine. He blogs on New Orleans history and other topics at www.crescentcityconfidential.com.

Summary

In 1795, New Orleans was a sleepy outpost at the edge of Spain's American empire. By the 1820s, it was teeming with life, its levees packed with cotton and sugar. New Orleans had become the unquestioned urban capital of the antebellum South. Looking at this remarkable period filled with ideological struggle, class politics, and powerful personaliti

Additional text

"In Building the Land of Dreams: New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America, Eberhard L. Faber has significantly improved our understanding of the complexity of early national Louisiana."---Michael K. Beauchamp, H-Net Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Eberhard L. Faber, Faber Eberhard L.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780691166896
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16689-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Louisiana, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas