| Why New Orleans Matters Contributor(s): Piazza, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061131504 ISBN-13: 9780061131509 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $10.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, award-winning novelist, cultural critic, and New Orleans resident Piazza began work on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past, imperiled present, and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | United States - South - General - Nature | Natural Disasters |
| Dewey: 976.335 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.8" W x 7.2" (0.40 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In the aftermath of Katrina and the disaster that followed, promises were made, forgotten, and renewed. Now what will become of New Orleans in the years ahead? What do this proud, battered city and its people mean to America and the world? Award-winning author and longtime New Orleans resident Tom Piazza illuminates the storied culture and uncertain future of this great and neglected American metropolis by evoking the sensuous rapture of the city that gave us jazz music and Creole cooking; examining its deep undercurrents of corruption, racism, and injustice; and explaining how its people endure and transcend those conditions. And, perhaps most important, he asks us all to consider the spirit of this place and all the things it has shared with the world: its grace and beauty, resilience and soul. |