Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans comprises the first comprehensive study of one of the New World's most sacred sites of African American memory and community. Beginning in the eighteenth cen
Bienville's Dilemma is a historical geography of the city of New Orleans that primarily focuses on the dilemma of the city's site versus its situation.
Dixon, a federal manager and freelance writer who grew up on the Gulf Coast, chronicles the first devastating hurricane to hit Louisiana: the hurricane of 1856 that destroyed Last Island. He describes
The Bringiers were among Louisiana's most prominent families during most of the 19th century. Though bits and pieces about the family and their many plantations frequently appear in studies on antebel
There’s nothing there now but a bunch of weeping willows, but in the nineteenth century, below the St. Francisville bluff was one of the most important ports on the Mississippi River. Bayou Sara had a
