Uprooted - Race, Public Housing, and the Archaeology of Four Lost New Orleans Neighborhoods

About the author

D. Ryan Gray is associate professor of anthropology at the University of New Orleans.

Summary

Uses archaeological research on four neighbourhoods that were razed during the construction of public housing in World War II-era New Orleans. Although each of these neighbourhoods was identified as a “slum” historically, the material record challenges the simplicity of this designation.

Product details

• Authors: D Ryan Gray, D. Ryan Gray
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780817320478
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2047-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 231 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Archaeology of the American So; Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Archäologie, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General