
The World That Made New Orleans
From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
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Narrated by:
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Sean Crisden
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By:
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Ned Sublette
Offering a new perspective on the unique cultural influences of New Orleans, this entertaining history captures the soul of the city and reveals its impact on the rest of the nation. Focused on New Orleans' first century of existence, a comprehensive, chronological narrative of the political, cultural, and musical development of Louisiana's early years is presented. This innovative history tracks the important roots of American music back to the swamp town, making clear the effects of centuries-long struggles among France, Spain, and England on the city's unique culture, and the role of the Senegambia, Congo, and Haiti on the making of Afro-Louisiana. The origins of jazz and the city's eclectic musical influences, including the role of the slave trade, are also revealed.
Featuring little known facts about the cultural development of New Orleans - such as the real significance of gumbo, the origins of the tango, and the first appearance of the words vaudeville and voodoo - this rich historical narrative explains how New Orleans' colonial influences shape the city still today.
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Love this book so much!
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It was a great book preparing my trip to New Orleans.
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Wonderful!
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Very interesting history, a bit biased but good nonetheless
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I picked up this book to feed my thirst for knowledge of New Orleans and my obsession with all things history; I was gifted with a new appreciation for the city and how it clearly developed on a different timeline, and through more diverse people, than the rest of the American South.
Spanish and French rule afforded the black community of New Orleans less brutality and a modicum of freedom not available in the rest of the slave holding South, and shaped the culture, music, and traditions of NOLA. The New Orleans of today feels palpably different than the rest of Louisiana, and showcases architecture, music, and art unique to itself. Mr. Sublette has done a brilliant job of explaining why.
Bonus: the narrator's smooth voice and (I assume) proper French and Spanish pronunciation made listening a pleasure.
*Not for small ears:
The debauchery and party atmosphere of New Orleans is a tradition carried over from 18th century French Colonialism... no stone is left unturned in the author's exploration.
A real treat for this history nerd
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To understand what made New Orleans...
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Fantastic History
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However i found the narrator’s inflection and tone to be distracting and irritating. There was a haughtiness that lacked compassion and seemed to hold too much irony. I felt like everything was tongue in cheek and i felt like i could not get connected to the heart of the book.
There needs to be a revision/ new edition of this book as it feels very relevant after katrina and seems half done because so much has transpired since 2005. And so much that happened from 1850-2005 and we never touch that and i don’t quite understand why.
The remaining questions that made this book
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Must Read/Listen Book
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I am an outsider, that's ok. This book helps wipe out outsider ignorance of every corner of the city's beating heart of "why"
Discussing music tied in carefully to the city's black culture, which is tied closely to the city's foundation of slavery.
I felt this book was not shy, or embarrassed to talk about the real reason New Orleans came into existence, or how much it's derived from it's origins.
Politically charged when it comes to the failure of the US government and citizens after Katrina the book doesn't beat you over the head.
From France, to Spain, to France to the United States of America, the Slave Trade, the Carribean, and the birth of modern music.
I enjoyed every page.
A love letter as much as a history book.
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