As New Orleans prepares to celebrate the 300th anniversary of its founding in 2018, The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has published NEW ORLEANS & THE WORLD: 1718-2018 Anthology, a collection of essays by leading scholars illuminating the role of the city in major events in U.S. and world history, the economic innovations and cultural expressions birthed in the city that impacted people around the globe, and the succeeding waves of new populations who redefined the city’s shape and society.
Octavia Books is pleased to be hosting a number of the anthology's editors and contributors, including: Lawrence Powell, author of THE ACCIDENTAL CITY; Zella Palmer, author of NEW ORLEANS CON SABOR LATINO; LEH VP Brian Boyles, author of NEW ORLEANS BOOM AND BLACKOUT; and Sally Asher author of HOPE & NEW ORLEANS: A History of Crescent City Street Names and STORIES FROM THE ST. LOUIS CEMETERIES OF NEW ORLEANS.
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The city that changed the world
300 years. 40 stories
The premiere publication for New Orleans’ Tricentennial in 2018
“—It is not an easy thing to describe one's first impression of New Orleans; for while it actually resembles no other city upon the face of the earth…”
-Lafcadio Hearn