Mardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco readings in Louisiana culture /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- Every man a king : world view, social tension, and carnival in New Orleans / Frank De Caro and Tom Ireland -- Mardi Gras chase / Glen Pitre -- The New Orleans king cake in southwest Louisiana / Marcia Gaudet -- Christmas bonfires in south Louisiana : tradition and innovation / Marcia Gaudet -- The Creole tradition / Michael Tisserand -- Hidden nation : the Houmas speak / Barbara Sillery -- Some accounts of witch riding / Patricia K. …”
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John James Audubon's journal of 1826 the voyage to the Birds of America / by Audubon, John James, 1785-1851

Table of Contents: “…The history and significance of Audubon's journal of 1826 -- Editorial principles and procedures -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- Departure from Bayou Sara and New Orleans; Voyage to Liverpool -- Liverpool -- Manchester -- Return to Liverpool -- Return to Manchester and travel to Matlock and Bakewell -- Edinburgh -- Appendix A. …”
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Archaeology of Louisiana

Table of Contents: “…Palmer -- Colonial and early antebellum New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy and Christopher N. Matthews -- Immigration and urbanization in New Orleans / D. …”
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Solutions to coastal disasters 2011 proceedings of the 2011 Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference, June 25-29, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Coastal vulnerability -- Coastal flood loss estimation modeling -- Post-Katrina New Orleans : flood protection and land use -- Coastal disasters : facilities and infrastructure case studies -- Oil spills -- Social science of disaster recovery.…”
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Louisiana voyages the travel writings of Catharine Cole / by Field, Martha Reinhard Smallwood, 1855-1898

Table of Contents: “…Mary Parish -- Last Island -- Timbalier Island -- Lafayette Parish -- Sabine Parish -- Vernon and Rapides parishes -- Morehouse and West Carroll parishes -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University -- Shreveport -- Home in New Orleans -- Beyond our door.…”
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Stephen Rolfe Powell glassmaker.

Table of Contents: “…Arabesques of color / James Yood -- Teasers -- Whackos -- Screamers -- Genesis and the vitreous singularity / Laurie Winters -- Road trip to New Orleans / Dante Marioni -- In love with glass / Lino Tagliapietra -- An extraordinary maverick / Bonnie Marx -- A commencement weekend / Kenn Holsten -- A few days in Kentucky / Marvin Lipofsky -- Colleague and friend / John Roush -- Color and sweat : an anecdotal biography of Stephen Rolfe Powell / Mark Lucas -- Biography -- Select permanent collections -- Early work -- Checklist -- Contributors.…”
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Corazón de Dixie : Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910 / by Weise, Julie M.

Table of Contents: “…Mexicans as Europeans: Mexican nationalism and assimilation in New Orleans, 1910-1939 -- Different from that which is intended for the colored race: Mexicans and Mexico in Jim Crow Mississippi, 1918-1939 -- Citizens of somewhere: braceros, Tejanos, Dixiecrats, and Mexican bureaucrats in the Arkansas delta, 1939-1964 -- Mexicano stories and rural white narratives: creating pro-immigrant conservatism in rural Georgia, 1965-2004 -- Skyscrapers and chicken plants: Mexicans, Latinos, and exurban immigration politics in greater Charlotte, 1990-2012 -- Conclusion.…”
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Advances in hydrogen energy

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Material meanings critical approaches to the interpretation of material culture /

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New territories, new perspectives the religious impact of the Louisiana Purchase /

Table of Contents: “…Lawless -- Vodou purchase : the Louisiana Purchase in the Caribbean world / by Paul Christopher Johnson -- Spirituality and resistance among African-Creoles / by John Stewart -- New Orleans as an American city : origins, exchanges, materialities, and religion / by Charles H. …”
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Invisible city poverty, housing, and new urbanism / by Gilderbloom, John Ingram

Table of Contents: “…/ with Michael Brazley and Michael Anthony Campbell -- Renewing and remaking New Orleans / with Richard Layman -- University partnerships to reclaim and rebuild communities -- Housing opportunities for everyone.…”
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Leven Betts pattern recognition / by Leven, David, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Live: CC01 House ; Catskills House ; VVE House ; Chelsea Penthouse ; Cedarhurst Spiral Housing ; Nassau Street Lobby -- Work: Mixed Greens Gallery ; Stockholm Public Library Addition ; Les Migrateurs Furniture Showroom ; EMR Printing Plant -- Show: Site Lines/Line Weights ; Piranese as designer ; Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran -- City: Filter parking ; Chicago Filter Park ; Greenwich Street Park Apartments ; Spaces between the hills: Ramallah/Jerusalem/Bethlehem -- Wetland City: New Orleans East Urban Proposal.…”
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Compensatory Justice : Nomos XXXIII /

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Contesting the past, reconstructing the nation American literature and culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893 / by Railton, Ben, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…What you go through can't be told" : Private histories, public voices, and the woman question -- "Quite the southern version" : the lure of alternative voices and histories of the southern question -- "The way they talked in New Orleans in those days" : voice and history in and on the grandissimes.…”
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Pulitzer's gold behind the prize for public service journalism / by Harris, Roy J., 1946-

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The economics of aging

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Thermophysics of spacecraft and planetary bodies radiation properties of solids and the electromagnetic radiation environment in space /

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Sacral grooves, limbo gateways : travels in deep Southern time, Circum-Caribean space, Afro-Creole authority / by Cartwright, Keith, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Les Invisibles -- Fe Chauffe, Balanse, Swing : Saint Domingue Refugees in the Govi of New Orleans -- Making Faces at the Sublime : Momentum from within Creole City -- Part Three. …”
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Henry Clay and the War of 1812 / by King, Quentin Scott, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…Speaker -- Irresolution and intrigue -- Embargo -- Politics and diplomacy -- Coercion charge -- Declaration of war -- War in the west -- Battle action and election -- Political reaction -- War effort adrift -- Remember the River Raisin -- Diplomacy renewed -- The disastrous spring of 1813 -- The congressional summer -- In the eye of a hurricane -- Resignation -- In transit to Europe -- Idling at Gottenburg -- Gathering of the commissioners -- Sine qua non -- Rupture -- Negotiating to negotiate -- Washington under attack -- Washington ablaze -- British policy is delay -- Wellington inserts himself -- Treaty of Ghent -- Post-war contentions -- Battle for New Orleans -- Last days in Europe.…”
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Southern heritage on display public ritual and ethnic diversity within southern regionalism /

Table of Contents: “…"Keeping jazz funerals alive" : blackness and the politics of memory in New Orleans / Helen A. Regis -- The mardi gras Indian song cycle : a heroic tradition / Kathryn VanSpanckeren -- "There's a dance every weekend" : powwow culture in southeast North Carolina / Clyde Ellis -- Melungeons and the politics of heritage / Melissa Schrift -- Kin-religious gatherings : display for an "inner public" / Gwen Kennedy Neville -- Religious healing in southern Appalachian communities / Susan Emley Keefe -- Viva Mexico! …”
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