The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square

by Ned Sublette

Book Overview

Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2008 by The Times-Picayune. Winner of the 2009 Humanities Book of the Year award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Awarded the New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award for 2008.

New Orleans is the most elusive of American cities. The product of the centuries-long struggle among three mighty empires--France, Spain, and England--and among their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556529589
• ISBN13: 9781556529580
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"