New Orleans

The most interesting period in the history of New Orleans is thatincluded in the first four decades of the nineteenth century. During theseyears, the city emerged from the status of a small town which, for nearly acentury, had been neglected by both France and Spain. Subjected to the whims offoreign masters, a pawn of the politics of a war-torn Europe, New Orleansbefore the Purchase although the capital of a vast empire, was never much morethan a village. But when it became a part of the United States, New Orleanssoon grew into a metropolis that attracted the attention not only of theNation, but of the world.Recalling "Political Squabbles," "The Cholera Epidemic of 1832,"and "Amusements-Refined and Vulgar," the author's detailed accounts arecomplemented by a chronological table and lists of both the governors ofLouisiana and the mayors of New Orleans. New Orleans: The Glamour Period,1800-1840 presents the Crescent City in an accurate, archival light asit places it in the more genteel time preceding the Civil War.Recalling "Political Squabbles," "The Cholera Epidemic of 1832,"and "Amusements-Refined and Vulgar," the author's detailed accounts arecomplemented by a chronological table and lists of both the governors ofLouisiana and the mayors of New Orleans. New Orleans: The Glamour Period,1800-1840 presents the Crescent City in an accurate, archival light asit places it in the more genteel time preceding the Civil War.