Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-301) and index
Introduction : the city of myths -- A city of destiny : New Orleans businessmen and modern tourism -- New era New Orleans : the Great Depression, taxation, and Robert Maestri -- A new Babylon : vice and gender in New Orleans -- French town : the reconstruction of the Vieux Carre -- A city that care forgot : the reinvention of New Orleans Mardi Gras -- Old New Orleans : race and tourism -- Epilogue : boomtown.
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