S. Frederick Starr ; photographs by Robert S. Brantley and Jan White Brantley
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Pbk. ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Princeton Architectural Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2005]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 265 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
The Flora Levy humanities series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-259) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
City and suburb -- Uptown and the americanization of New Orleans -- The patrons -- Antebellum style -- James Robb, magnate and patron -- Architects and builders -- Architects of opulence -- The culture of comfort -- Slaves, servants, and retainers -- A neighborhood war, 1861-1865 -- Men and mansions of the postwar bubble -- End of an era
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Architecture, Domestic-- Louisiana-- New Orleans
Dwellings-- Louisiana-- New Orleans
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Garden District (New Orleans, La.), Biography
Garden District (New Orleans, La.), Buildings, structures, etc