New Orleans in the Fifties

by Mary Lou Widmer

Overview

It was a time of changing values and institutions, of a growing fear of communism and, at the same time, a growing sense of domestic tranquility and the importance of the family. It was a time of great growth and development in the city, and a departure from many of the old traditions and customs that had helped to define what New Orleans was all about.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589802681
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/31/2004
Series:	New Orleans History
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,062,025
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

MARY LOU WIDMER, a native of New Orleans, is a certified descendant of the area's settlers prior to the Louisiana Purchase. She is a member of the Louisiana Colonials and the Daughters of 1812.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	9
	Preface	11
	Acknowledgments	13
Chapter 1	The Police Action Nobody Wanted	17
Chapter 2	Construction in a Booming City	23
Chapter 3	Defense Shelters and the Eisenhower Election	33
Chapter 4	Gambling in New Orleans	39
Chapter 5	Le Car, C'est Tout!	45
Chapter 6	Life in Suburbia	55
Chapter 7	Entertainment, Outings, and Weekends	71
Chapter 8	Fashions and Fads of the Fifties	79
Chapter 9	That Glorious Boob Tube	93
Chapter 10	Desegregation in New Orleans	101
Chapter 11	Art, Architecture, Movies, and Books	107
Chapter 12	The Changing World of Music in the Fifties	125
Chapter 13	Sports in New Orleans in the Fifties	133
Chapter 14	Advancements in Medicine and Technology	141
Chapter 15	A Look Around Town at the Decade's End	149
	Index	171