A river and its city : the nature of landscape in New Orleans

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Nature's Highway to Market 1. A Batture Laid Out for the Particular Use of the Public 2. Human Genius, Organed with Machinery 3. The Necropolis of the South 4. Triumphs in the Cause of Advancement and Progress 5. An Act of God Epilogue: The Simple Needs of Automobiles Notes Works Cited Index