This guide includes a section detailing New Orleans' history, seven features covering the city's life and culture, ranging from the Mardi Gras blowout to Dixieland jazz and Delta blues, a visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of top-notch photographs and 13 maps.
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colour photographs, 13 maps
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Höhe: 223 mm
Breite: 151 mm
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978-981-234-087-0 (9789812340870)
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Maps: New Orleans; French Quarter; Jackson Square; Canal Street and Warehouse District; Central Business District; Garden District; City Park and Lake Pontchartrain; Plantation Country; Cajun and Swamp Country. Introduction: The City that Care Forgot. History: Decisive Dates; Colonial Beginnings; Vieux Carre and Carnival; Civil War and Shady Ladies; New Orleans Today; Governors and Other Grievances. Essay Features: Mardi Gras; What's Cookin'; A Confederacy of Writers; Music; Voodoo. Places: French Quarter: Introduction: Around Jackson Square; The Riverfront to the French Market; Royal Street; Bourbon Street; The Upper and Lower Quarter; Greater New Orleans; Cities of the Dead; Canal Street to the Warehouse District; Central Business District; The Garden District; Notable Neighborhoods; City Park and Lake; Pontchartrain; The Mighty Mississippi; Plantation Country; Cajun Country; Touring the Swamps. Photo Features: Antoine's; Architecture; Celebrations. Information Panels: Absinthe; Mardi Gras Indians; Coping with the Myths; Jazz Fest; Travel Tips Highlights; Getting Acquainted; Planning the Trip; Practical Tips; Getting Around; Where to Stay; Where to Eat; Culture; Festivals; Nightlife; Shopping; Sport; Further Reading
