Race, Sex, and Social Order in Early New Orleans

(Part of the Early America: History, Context, Culture Series)

by Jennifer M. Spear

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Winner, 2009 Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History, The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association

A microcosm of exaggerated societal extremes--poverty and wealth, vice and virtue, elitism and equality--New Orleans is a tangled web of race, cultural mores, and sexual identities. Jennifer M. Spear's examination of the dialectical relationship between politics and social practice unravels the city's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1421415739

ISBN13:9781421415734

Release Date:November 2014

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Discrimination & Racism Psychology Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences

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