New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City

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Making the Modern South david goldfield, series editor Night parade on Royal Street, ca. 1963 Louisiana Photograph Collection, New Orleans Public Library N E W ORLEANS O N P A R A D E Tourism and The TransformaTion of The CresCenT CiTy J. mark souther Louisiana state university Press Baton rouge With a new Preface by the author Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2006 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Louisiana Paperback Edition, 2013 designer: Amanda McDonald Scallan typeface: text Whitman; display Alleycat ICG and Trajan Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Souther, Jonathan Mark, 1971– New Orleans on parade : tourism and the transformation of the Crescent City / with a new preface by the author. pages cm.— (Making the modern South) Preface to the Paperback Edition—A “New” New Orleans —Preservation and Profit in the French Quarter —Into the Big League—Making “The Birthplace of Jazz” —Selling “The Greatest Free Show on Earth”—“Creole Disneyland”— “A City on Parade.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8071-5441-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8071-5442-7 (pdf)—ISBN 978-0-8071-5443-4 (epub)—ISBN 978-0-8071-5444-1 (mobi) 1. Tourism— Louisiana—New Orleans. I. Title. G155.U6S6392 2014 338.4’79176335—dc23 201301842 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ∞ For Stacey and my family This page intentionally left blank ...