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Death, Death, I Know Thee Now!' Mourning Jewelry In England And New Orleans In The Nineteenth Century, Joanna Tabony
Death, Death, I Know Thee Now!' Mourning Jewelry In England And New Orleans In The Nineteenth Century, Joanna Tabony
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Descriptions of mourning adornments in England and New Orleans in the nineteenth century are used to argue that many of the customs of mourning in England -- the designs, themes, and materials -- also were present in New Orleans. This study draws from these observations and sources to suggest that mourning practices involving jewelry and costume became more functional and less formal in both England and New Orleans as the century progressed, while French customs retained and even grew in complexity. The high level of trade between Britain and New Orleans during the nineteenth century, reflected in the jewelry and …
Phases Of A Man Called 'Moon': Mayor Landrieu And Race Relations In New Orleans, 1960-1974, Frank L. Straughan Jr.
Phases Of A Man Called 'Moon': Mayor Landrieu And Race Relations In New Orleans, 1960-1974, Frank L. Straughan Jr.
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study examines the political career of Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu from his election to the Louisiana legislature in 1960 to the end of his first term as mayor of New Orleans in 1974. Landrieu was a white southern liberal who vigorously supported the agenda of the civil rights movement. He succeeded in building an unprecedented coalition between liberal, middle-class whites and a large segment of the black community. As the 1970s unfolded, however, he found his coalition increasingly threatened not just by disgruntled white conservatives, which might be expected, but also by angry black radicals of the Black Panther …