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Titre :
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French quarter New Orleans
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Auteurs :
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Jim Fraiser ;
West Freeman, Photographe
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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University Press of Mississippi, 2003
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-1-57806-524-0
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Format :
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229 p.
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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973 (Histoire - Etats-Unis)
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Catégories :
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Architecture
Nouvelle-Orléans / New Orleans
Photographie / Photography
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Résumé :
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here is no place in America like New Orleans's famed French Quarter. With photographs and history, The French Quarter of New Orleans explores the unique evolution of this district. The author and photographer team to reveal how war, fire, floods, politics, cultural conflict, and architectural innovation shaped the Quarter. In West Freeman's 160 color photographs the present-day romance of the Vieux Carré is here to savor. But The French Quarter of New Orleans moves beyond the Old World façades and into the heart and history of the many peoples-Spanish, French, Creole, Native American, African American, and Italians-who have lived here. From humble, wooden French cottages to stately, brick Spanish Colonial mansions, from Madame John's Legacy to the St. Louis Cathedral, the Quarter's architecture enthralls, and Jim Fraiser's text creates an anecdotal walking tour of memorable and storied sites.
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Nature (forme/thème) :
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Histoire
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