1.) Give your paper a title.
2.) Geocode: Give me an address that relates to your topic. Make sure it is a valid street address or a specific location that I can map.
3.) Put your name at the end, like this:
Bob Smith
Loyola University New Orleans
4.) I do not want a bibliography. Before your end notes, please put a "For further reading." This will list one or ideally two books or articles or a link to a website where a reader can find more information about your topic, either generally or specifically. But give me no more than three. This is not unlike Wikipedia.
5.) Images: Include any images you might have separately on a CD that you will provide to me. Include a list of the images with the file names, citing the source of each image. I'll have a student assistant go through these at some point, so be as specific as possible.
6.) Your essay needs to be on the CD in Microsoft Word (doc or docx) format.
7.) I will have a spindle of CDs in the history office tomorrow. Be sure to label the CD with a sharpie. I also want a printed copy.
SOME COMMON MISTAKES:
it is 1920s, not NOT 1920's. They are not possessive.
South is capitalized, as is Civil War.
Here is the order your paper should follow:
Title
Address
Text of your paper
Name
Loyola University New Orleans
For further reading:
Notes:
(footnotes)
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Citation examples for your essay
Here are some citation examples for use in your footnotes. Please place your footnote number at the place where you cite material in the text. Place all footnotes at the end of the document (endnotes). Use this format:
(All the numbers should be superscripts, which I have a problem reproducing in Blogger.)
For a book:
1 Lawrence Powell, New Masters: Northern Planters during the Civil War and Reconstruction (New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1980), 10-23.
Second citation:
2 Powell, New Masters, 244.
For a chapter in a book of essays:
2 Joseph G. Tregle, Jr., "Creoles and Americans," in Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization, ed. Arnold R. Hirsch and Joseph Logsdon (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1992), 140.
Second citation:
3 Tregle, Jr., "Creoles and Americans," 150.
For an article in a journal:
3 Robert Cinnamond Tucker, "The Life and Public Service of E. John Ellis," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, 29, no. 3, (July 1946): 686.
A letter in an archive collection:
4 Abby Day Slocomb to Col. J. B. Walton, 17 July 1862, Walton-Glenny Papers, Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans.
U.S. Census (accessed online): Note: every decade's census has a slightly different set of page numbers, roll designations, etc. Just fit them to this form:
5 1860 U.S. Federal Census, roll m653_592, image 499 (all census records were drawn from www. ancestry.com).
A piece of ephemera or photograph in an archive:
6 Photo of Endymion Float, Endymion collection, rare vertical file, Louisiana Room, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans.
An interview:
7 Interview of Edwin Edwards by Justin Nystrom, 17 September 2001, audio recording in possession of author.
A newspaper: (add as much information as you have for the citation - the older the newspaper, the less you usually have. Headlines and bylines are a relatively modern innovation)
8 Times Picayune, 6 July 1885
8 "Man Bites Dog," John Brown, Times Picayune, 6 July 1992, sec. A, p. 2, col. 4.
Government publication: (again, use as much info as you have)
9 Report on the Use of Tongue Depressors in Left-Handed Doctor's Offices, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991), 21.
if it is unpublished (typescript):
9 "Report on the Liberty Monument," New Orleans City Council (New Orleans: 1987).
An item in a scrapbook:
10 unidentified newspaper clipping, 5 may 1921, scrapbook, box 2, folder 10, Grandma Clampett Papers, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans.
or
10 unidentified and undated newspaper clipping, scrapbook, box 2, folder 10, Grandma Clampett Papers, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans.
For online citations, please list complete URL of website.
(All the numbers should be superscripts, which I have a problem reproducing in Blogger.)
For a book:
1 Lawrence Powell, New Masters: Northern Planters during the Civil War and Reconstruction (New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1980), 10-23.
Second citation:
2 Powell, New Masters, 244.
For a chapter in a book of essays:
2 Joseph G. Tregle, Jr., "Creoles and Americans," in Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization, ed. Arnold R. Hirsch and Joseph Logsdon (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1992), 140.
Second citation:
3 Tregle, Jr., "Creoles and Americans," 150.
For an article in a journal:
3 Robert Cinnamond Tucker, "The Life and Public Service of E. John Ellis," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, 29, no. 3, (July 1946): 686.
A letter in an archive collection:
4 Abby Day Slocomb to Col. J. B. Walton, 17 July 1862, Walton-Glenny Papers, Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans.
U.S. Census (accessed online): Note: every decade's census has a slightly different set of page numbers, roll designations, etc. Just fit them to this form:
5 1860 U.S. Federal Census, roll m653_592, image 499 (all census records were drawn from www. ancestry.com).
A piece of ephemera or photograph in an archive:
6 Photo of Endymion Float, Endymion collection, rare vertical file, Louisiana Room, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans.
An interview:
7 Interview of Edwin Edwards by Justin Nystrom, 17 September 2001, audio recording in possession of author.
A newspaper: (add as much information as you have for the citation - the older the newspaper, the less you usually have. Headlines and bylines are a relatively modern innovation)
8 Times Picayune, 6 July 1885
8 "Man Bites Dog," John Brown, Times Picayune, 6 July 1992, sec. A, p. 2, col. 4.
Government publication: (again, use as much info as you have)
9 Report on the Use of Tongue Depressors in Left-Handed Doctor's Offices, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991), 21.
if it is unpublished (typescript):
9 "Report on the Liberty Monument," New Orleans City Council (New Orleans: 1987).
An item in a scrapbook:
10 unidentified newspaper clipping, 5 may 1921, scrapbook, box 2, folder 10, Grandma Clampett Papers, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans.
or
10 unidentified and undated newspaper clipping, scrapbook, box 2, folder 10, Grandma Clampett Papers, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans.
For online citations, please list complete URL of website.
Essay 4: The Politics of Race
Essay 4 will challenge you to write about how the politics of race have come to shape New Orleans in the 20th Century. Think about this as broadly as possible and incorporate examples from Hair, Campanella, Mitchell, and Gill.
Because of the short grading turnaround time, please limit your essay to NO MORE than 1200 words. Be concise.
This essay is due Thursday morning at 10:00 AM, along with you Sense of Place Essays. If you have written three essays and are happy with the grade on the two that count, you do not need to write this last essay.
Because of the short grading turnaround time, please limit your essay to NO MORE than 1200 words. Be concise.
This essay is due Thursday morning at 10:00 AM, along with you Sense of Place Essays. If you have written three essays and are happy with the grade on the two that count, you do not need to write this last essay.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Some citations help
Here is a quick and easy guide on how to make Chicago-style footnote citations for your paper.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Eracism
Since we're going to be talking a lot about ways in which the city cleaved along racial lines in the 20th century, it might actually make sense to start here, at our destination in the 1990s.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
A movie my students made
Here is a student film from my First Year Seminar last spring. We'll use it as a jumping off point for discussion.
Also, I'm going to show images from www.shorpy.com
Beauregard-Keyes House Massacre from Casey Wilkes on Vimeo.
Also, I'm going to show images from www.shorpy.com
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Calendar for the rest of the semester
We have 4 weeks left. Here are the highlights: After turning in the third essay on Tuesday, we will discuss the second-to-last short reading section of Bienville's Dilemma. I suspect a lot of you have not yet started reading Carnival of Fury. I expect a spirited discussion of the first six chapters come Thursday 11/18.
The final segment of our class is going to focus on twentieth century New Orleans as a product of nineteenth century legacies.
A VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINE to me is 11/22. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH YOUR RESEARCH BY THEN. What do I mean by a "draft outline?" If you could give me a paragraph explaining the basic idea of your essay. Alternatively, a short outline. Alternative to that, a list of four or six or however main points that you will address in your research essay. I think it is important that you have some plan or confront the fact that you have no plan *yet* before you head out for Thanksgiving. If you aren't going to be here on the 22nd (for some reason) be sure you set up an appointment to see me individually. Whatever you do, don't let that deadline pass.
Week 12: Segregated New Orleans
The final segment of our class is going to focus on twentieth century New Orleans as a product of nineteenth century legacies.
A VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINE to me is 11/22. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH YOUR RESEARCH BY THEN. What do I mean by a "draft outline?" If you could give me a paragraph explaining the basic idea of your essay. Alternatively, a short outline. Alternative to that, a list of four or six or however main points that you will address in your research essay. I think it is important that you have some plan or confront the fact that you have no plan *yet* before you head out for Thanksgiving. If you aren't going to be here on the 22nd (for some reason) be sure you set up an appointment to see me individually. Whatever you do, don't let that deadline pass.
Week 12: Segregated New Orleans
T 11/16: BD: 174-185: TURN IN TEST 3
R 11/18: Carnival of Fury Chap. 1-6
Week 13
T 11/22: BD: 219-224 / Turn in draft outline of essay / Carnival of Fury Chap. 7-10
R 11/24 – Thanksgiving Break
Week 14
T 11/29: Turn in TEST 4 / BD: 185-193
R 12/2: All on Mardi Gras Day, Chap. 8 (on Blackboard)
Week 15
T 12/7: CNO: Chap. 6 / Turn in rough draft of essay
R 12/9: Lords of Misrule, Chap x (on Blackboard), Receive Test 5 questions
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Essay 3: Transformations
Your third "petit test" essay will require you to discuss the transformations that the Civil War and Reconstruction unleashed in New Orleans. There is a lot to work with here. Race, politics, culture, economics, demographics, and ethnicity all come to mind.
Thus, your task is a straightforward one: Write an essay that elaborates upon the transformations witnessed in New Orleans between 1860 and 1900. Include as much material as you possibly can within an 1800 word limit. This will again be an exercise in concise writing. Be precise with your words. No fluff allowed!
Due: Thursday, 2/11 in class.
Thus, your task is a straightforward one: Write an essay that elaborates upon the transformations witnessed in New Orleans between 1860 and 1900. Include as much material as you possibly can within an 1800 word limit. This will again be an exercise in concise writing. Be precise with your words. No fluff allowed!
Due: Thursday, 2/11 in class.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
On the Eve of War
Today we are going to look at the turbulent 1850s in New Orleans. Politics of this decade definitely distinguish the city from the rest of the South of the same period. Some of the issues like Know-Nothingism (albeit a uniquely New Orleans brand of Know-Nothingism) were a lot more like one might find in a northern city.
Many other strings tied the Crescent City to the North, not the least of which was the issue of protectionism and the politics of sugar. We'll discuss that.
Nevertheless, New Orleans was the nerve center of slave trading in the West. It was also a major cotton port. These factors weighed heavily in loyalties in the city.
The election of November, 1860 delivered one portrait of Unionism in New Orleans. The secession convention of January 1861 portrayed something altogether different. We'll look at how that came to pass.
Mobilization for war began immediately, but had New Orleans Confederates had any idea what was at stake, they may have acted differently. Some topics for consideration: industry, banking, blockades, recruiting, black Confederates, and city defenses.
Some key locations: Fort Jackson & St Philip. Fort Macomb & Fort Pike.
View Geographic Places of New Orleans in a larger map
Many other strings tied the Crescent City to the North, not the least of which was the issue of protectionism and the politics of sugar. We'll discuss that.
Nevertheless, New Orleans was the nerve center of slave trading in the West. It was also a major cotton port. These factors weighed heavily in loyalties in the city.
The election of November, 1860 delivered one portrait of Unionism in New Orleans. The secession convention of January 1861 portrayed something altogether different. We'll look at how that came to pass.
Mobilization for war began immediately, but had New Orleans Confederates had any idea what was at stake, they may have acted differently. Some topics for consideration: industry, banking, blockades, recruiting, black Confederates, and city defenses.
Some key locations: Fort Jackson & St Philip. Fort Macomb & Fort Pike.
View Geographic Places of New Orleans in a larger map
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Petit Test 2
Questions for Petit Test 2 – A History of New Orleans: Nystrom
Since the last essay, the main focus of our course has been about the growth of antebellum New Orleans, particularly with regard to culture, ethnicity, and politics. Arguably, the debate over the meaning and cultural value of the term “Creole” can serve as a metaphor for the themes that we have covered. Your job will be to write an essay telling the history of antebellum New Orleans (broadly construed from the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to 1860) using “Creoles vs. Americans (and others)” as a window onto the key cultural, economic, demographic, and political developments in the city during this time period. Be sure to incorporate elements from your readings, lectures, class discussion, and film in your essay.
***
Some questions to consider in constructing your argument:
Does the notion of “Creole” reflect reality or is it a fabrication? Can it be both? If so, where do we draw the line? Does this line move over time?
To what extent has the “non-Creole,” or “other” defined “Creole?”
To what extent did the notion of “Creole” color all aspects of civic, political, and economic life in antebellum New Orleans?
If “Creole” is an overblown distinction in understanding antebellum New Orleans, how might we recast our narrative of the period’s most dominant themes?
***
Your first essays were an exercise in straightforward argument. Here you will need to take things to a new level by marshaling solid evidence in support of a nuanced thesis. You have much greater latitude in this assignment in that you will need to decide how much agency you afford to the notion of “Creole” in that it defines the antebellum city.
Word limit is set at 1800. This means that you will need to craft a tight essay with little to no fluff.
Essays are due at the beginning of class on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Since the last essay, the main focus of our course has been about the growth of antebellum New Orleans, particularly with regard to culture, ethnicity, and politics. Arguably, the debate over the meaning and cultural value of the term “Creole” can serve as a metaphor for the themes that we have covered. Your job will be to write an essay telling the history of antebellum New Orleans (broadly construed from the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to 1860) using “Creoles vs. Americans (and others)” as a window onto the key cultural, economic, demographic, and political developments in the city during this time period. Be sure to incorporate elements from your readings, lectures, class discussion, and film in your essay.
***
Some questions to consider in constructing your argument:
Does the notion of “Creole” reflect reality or is it a fabrication? Can it be both? If so, where do we draw the line? Does this line move over time?
To what extent has the “non-Creole,” or “other” defined “Creole?”
To what extent did the notion of “Creole” color all aspects of civic, political, and economic life in antebellum New Orleans?
If “Creole” is an overblown distinction in understanding antebellum New Orleans, how might we recast our narrative of the period’s most dominant themes?
***
Your first essays were an exercise in straightforward argument. Here you will need to take things to a new level by marshaling solid evidence in support of a nuanced thesis. You have much greater latitude in this assignment in that you will need to decide how much agency you afford to the notion of “Creole” in that it defines the antebellum city.
Word limit is set at 1800. This means that you will need to craft a tight essay with little to no fluff.
Essays are due at the beginning of class on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Jezebel
In addition to discussing our reading, I am laying a surprise on you today. We're going to watch Jezebel in class. Half today, half on Thursday. But we're going to be watching it less as a theatrical production and more as an analysis of a popular interpretation of some of the historical themes we've encountered. It's relatively short (104 minutes) so we'll be able to have 50 minutes of viewing today and roughly 50 on Thursday with about 20 extra minutes for discussion. But we'll be discussing even as the movie plays.
If the projector works.
Also, some have asked about my film on the Deutsches Haus. You can see it here:
If the projector works.
Also, some have asked about my film on the Deutsches Haus. You can see it here:
The Last Oktoberfest from Justin Nystrom on Vimeo.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Waterways and Ethnicity
First, an 1845 map of New Orleans:
Then, let's take another look at our ongoing Google Map and consider the effects of artificial waterways on the growth and settlement of the city.
View Geographic Places of New Orleans in a larger map
We are also going to have a lot of material about ethnicity today, including the contentious term "creole," a look at the Irish, Germans, French, and others who made the city a polyglot metropolis in the antebellum period.
Lastly, we will look at the rise and importance to New Orleans of plantation agriculture, the business of slavery, and the business of supplying and transhipping the goods of the Mississippi Valley.
Then, let's take another look at our ongoing Google Map and consider the effects of artificial waterways on the growth and settlement of the city.
View Geographic Places of New Orleans in a larger map
We are also going to have a lot of material about ethnicity today, including the contentious term "creole," a look at the Irish, Germans, French, and others who made the city a polyglot metropolis in the antebellum period.
Lastly, we will look at the rise and importance to New Orleans of plantation agriculture, the business of slavery, and the business of supplying and transhipping the goods of the Mississippi Valley.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Revised Schedule for Course
REVISED REMAINDER OF THE SCHEDULE: Nystrom HIST 240 (issue date 10/5/10)
Week 6: The American Era Dawns
T 10/5: BD: 260-262. CNO: Part II Introduction, Chap. 3
R 10/7: BD: 131-135, 161-174, 200-203, 262-270
NO RESEARCH FIELD TRIP THIS WEEKEND.
Week 7: Creolization and Ethnicity
T 10/12: CNO: Chap. 4
R 10/14: Due date for annotated bibliography for essay: Receive TEST 2 questions.
NO RESEARCH FIELD TRIP on WEEKEND.
Week 8: The War Cometh
T 10/19 – Fall Break
R 10/20: TURN IN TEST 2: Lecture on CW in New Orleans / Watch Jezebel (streamed online)
Tentative: 10/22 Civil War and Reconstruction walking tour
Week 9: War and Reconstruction
T 10/26: CNO: Part III Introduction + Chap. 5
R 10/28: Reconstruction in New Orleans
Week 10: Unanswered Questions of the Late 19th Century
T 11/2: Wrapping up Reconstruction
R 11/4: New Orleans after the Civil War: Chap. 8 & 9 (on Blackboard)/ Receive questions for Test 3
Week 11: Turn-of-the-century turmoil
T 11/9: Turn in primary research report for essay
R 11/11: ,
Week 12: Segregated New Orleans
T 11/16: BD: 174-185: TURN IN TEST 3
R 11/18: Carnival of Fury Chap. 1-6
Week 13
T 11/22: BD: 219-224 / Turn in draft outline of essay / Carnival of Fury Chap. 7-10
R 11/24 – Thanksgiving Break
Week 14
T 11/29: Turn in TEST 4 / BD: 185-193
R 12/2: All on Mardi Gras Day, Chap. 8 (on Blackboard)
Week 15
T 12/7: CNO: Chap. 6 / Turn in rough draft of essay
R 12/9: Lords of Misrule, Chap x (on Blackboard), Receive Test 5 questions
Researching Property
We have a bunch on our agenda today. In addition to discussing our readings, going over our new schedule, getting back your first essays, and a few other things, I am going to show you how to stalk people.
Okay, not actually "stalk" per se. But you will learn how to research a property back to the original owners, finding all subsequent owners along the way.
Once again, we will be using aids from the New Orleans Public Library's Louisiana Division.
And also, the Orleans Parish Assessor / Conveyance Office.
Okay, not actually "stalk" per se. But you will learn how to research a property back to the original owners, finding all subsequent owners along the way.
Once again, we will be using aids from the New Orleans Public Library's Louisiana Division.
And also, the Orleans Parish Assessor / Conveyance Office.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
The New Orleans Public Library and research links
Here is a good link to start doing more investigation into your research from the New Orleans Public Library.
A lot has been written about New Orleans in popular and scholarly journals. Databases can be a great way to find things, but sometimes it pays to search the index of publications that are among the most likely to contain useful material. Here are a few you should consider examining more closely:
Louisiana History
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (became Louisiana History in the 1980s) (both LH and LHQ are in JSTOR)
Cultural Vistas (published by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities)
The Historic New Orleans Quarterly
And, of course, you should search the catalog of the Historic New Orleans Collection (called MINT) for items related to your topic.
The Louisiana State Museum has a lot of useful databases to search, including maps and images. Go to their site and investigate under the "Search and Reference" tab.
A lot has been written about New Orleans in popular and scholarly journals. Databases can be a great way to find things, but sometimes it pays to search the index of publications that are among the most likely to contain useful material. Here are a few you should consider examining more closely:
Louisiana History
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (became Louisiana History in the 1980s) (both LH and LHQ are in JSTOR)
Cultural Vistas (published by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities)
The Historic New Orleans Quarterly
And, of course, you should search the catalog of the Historic New Orleans Collection (called MINT) for items related to your topic.
The Louisiana State Museum has a lot of useful databases to search, including maps and images. Go to their site and investigate under the "Search and Reference" tab.
Pix from our trip to Spanish Fort and Pitot House
Happy students at Spanish Fort
The oldest fire hydrant!
At Pitot House (nice yawn!)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Old Spanish Custom House
You missed out on your opportunity to buy the Old Spanish Custom House on 1300 Moss St. Check the details here.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Photos from the Campanella bus tour
RC demonstrates his bus-surfing/presentation technique.
Listening and learning near the Rivergarden / Jackson Avenue area in the old Irish Channel
Decaying old wooden wharves along the river at Felicity Street.
Loyola Students (and a bunch of Tulane Students) eating Vietnamese food in NOE.
New flood protection structures at the outlet of the Industrial Canal
Thanks again to Richard Campanella of Tulane for letting us Loyola folks along for the ride. It was an enjoyable and very informative tour.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Interesting newspaper article
Here is an interesting article on NOLA.com today:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/09/sit-ins_at_canal_street_lunch.html
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/09/sit-ins_at_canal_street_lunch.html
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Colonial Agriculture
Today we will briefly look at colonial agriculture in and around New Orleans.
Here is a link to Laura Plantation.
The Wax Myrtle (Bayberry)
I have had one more student sign up for Saturday, but still have room for 4 more!
We are also going to discuss your paper.
an LASTLY, your Petit Test 1 is going to be a take-home. Questions to be distributed in class on Thursday!
Here is a link to Laura Plantation.
The Wax Myrtle (Bayberry)
I have had one more student sign up for Saturday, but still have room for 4 more!
We are also going to discuss your paper.
an LASTLY, your Petit Test 1 is going to be a take-home. Questions to be distributed in class on Thursday!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Today's reading
Once again we are going to look at the French roots of New Orleans, particularly as the relate to broad social and cultural questions.
We should be able to answer (in conjunction with last Thursday's lecture) why New Orleans took such a "French character," particularly that of 18th Century France, and how that character in conjunction with its "situation" forged an enduring element of the city's reputation.
We should be able to answer (in conjunction with last Thursday's lecture) why New Orleans took such a "French character," particularly that of 18th Century France, and how that character in conjunction with its "situation" forged an enduring element of the city's reputation.
Field Trip with Richard Campanella (sign up)
These are the names I have thus far confirmed to take Saturday's bus tour with Richard Campanella:
1.) Cristina Soley
2.) Jan Melancon
3.) Pia Vocke
4.) Monique Verdin
5.) Caitlin Sullivan
6.) Christina Cambre
7.) Katie Gilmore
8.) Jay Gilmore
9.) Ellen Maloney
I have room for six (6) more, and will take the first six that email me.
1.) Cristina Soley
2.) Jan Melancon
3.) Pia Vocke
4.) Monique Verdin
5.) Caitlin Sullivan
6.) Christina Cambre
7.) Katie Gilmore
8.) Jay Gilmore
9.) Ellen Maloney
I have room for six (6) more, and will take the first six that email me.
Some updates to our calendar
All,
I have already made some slight changes to our calendar:
I will not be gone on 9/30 as thought, so we will have class on that day. This makes the schedule as follows:
R 9/16: BD 195-200: Discussion of your topics for "Sense of Place" Essay.
Saturday F/T with Richard Campanella
T 9/21: CNO: Chap 2
R 9/23: At Library with Malia Willey: TURN in take-home test 1 / Topic for essay
Saturday F/T with me at Spanish Fort/Pitot House
T 9/28: BD: 260-262. CNO: Part II Intro:
R 9/30: Deadline and discussion of internet research reports.
I have already made some slight changes to our calendar:
I will not be gone on 9/30 as thought, so we will have class on that day. This makes the schedule as follows:
R 9/16: BD 195-200: Discussion of your topics for "Sense of Place" Essay.
Saturday F/T with Richard Campanella
T 9/21: CNO: Chap 2
R 9/23: At Library with Malia Willey: TURN in take-home test 1 / Topic for essay
Saturday F/T with me at Spanish Fort/Pitot House
T 9/28: BD: 260-262. CNO: Part II Intro:
R 9/30: Deadline and discussion of internet research reports.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Some historical maps and themes for today
An early plat of "Nouvelle Orleans" from 1728
Spanish for fortification, 1763
British map from 1770
And more details on my map of important geographic points!
Today we're going to have some lecture materiel. Points considered will include:
1) How did the literary efforts of early settlers and visitors to New Orleans transmit what they observed to audiences in France, and how did these efforts shape the popular image of the city as a "New Babylon?"
2) Why was the planning of the French Quarter so important to John Law's company? Who was Pauger and what sort of problems did he confront?
3) After the collapse of John Law's company in 1731, New Orleans had to turn to new ways of making money. What was the basis for this economy and why was so much of this trade illicit?
Today we're going to have some lecture materiel. Points considered will include:
1) How did the literary efforts of early settlers and visitors to New Orleans transmit what they observed to audiences in France, and how did these efforts shape the popular image of the city as a "New Babylon?"
2) Why was the planning of the French Quarter so important to John Law's company? Who was Pauger and what sort of problems did he confront?
3) After the collapse of John Law's company in 1731, New Orleans had to turn to new ways of making money. What was the basis for this economy and why was so much of this trade illicit?
Field Trip 1 and 2
All,
I have gotten word that our first field trip will be on September 18, but will only have room for 15 and perhaps a few more of us. Be that as it may, I am going to allow students on a first-come, first served basis. It is a bus tour with Richard Campanella of Tulane University and it should be a good one. But it is also an all-day affair. Here are the instructions from Dr. Campanella:
The second field trip offered will be the one that I discussed: We'll meet at Old Spanish Fort at 10:30 on September 25. From their we will head to the Pitot House. I'll give out maps and more details as the time draws near.
I have gotten word that our first field trip will be on September 18, but will only have room for 15 and perhaps a few more of us. Be that as it may, I am going to allow students on a first-come, first served basis. It is a bus tour with Richard Campanella of Tulane University and it should be a good one. But it is also an all-day affair. Here are the instructions from Dr. Campanella:
We meet in front of Gibson Hall- Tulane at 9:45AM for a 10AM departure, and return by 4PM. They should bring $10-12 for lunch.
The second field trip offered will be the one that I discussed: We'll meet at Old Spanish Fort at 10:30 on September 25. From their we will head to the Pitot House. I'll give out maps and more details as the time draws near.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
"Site" vs. "Situation"
Today we will grapple with the underlying question posed in Bienville's Dilemma - to wit, Bienville's dilemma!
Some visuals for class:
La Salle's 1682 voyage:
Here is a link to a handy Google Map outlining the basic factors of the 18th Century on Lake Pontchartrain.
Some questions to consider:
Why would New Orleans, though a poor "site" would be considered and important "situation" for a city of its kind? How did this remain true from Bienville's decision-making process through the colonial era?
Some visuals for class:
La Salle's 1682 voyage:
Here is a link to a handy Google Map outlining the basic factors of the 18th Century on Lake Pontchartrain.
Some questions to consider:
Why would New Orleans, though a poor "site" would be considered and important "situation" for a city of its kind? How did this remain true from Bienville's decision-making process through the colonial era?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The River Giveth, The River Taketh Away
Today we will spend a little time talking about the relationship between the Mississippi River and the city of New Orleans. Specifically, we'll explore the ongoing struggle between man and nature to make the place inhabitable.
Some links:
The Times-Picayune put together this nice flash animation about the creation of the land upon which the city now rests.
Here is an interesting page about the Old River Control system that went into operation in 1963 that kept the Mississippi River from diverting increasingly to the Atchafalaya River.
Here is a short T-P video from when the Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway several years ago to relieve the pressure on the city's levee system.
And here is the latest FEMA map showing flood zones in New Orleans. Notice the patterns referenced in the text?
Some links:
The Times-Picayune put together this nice flash animation about the creation of the land upon which the city now rests.
Here is an interesting page about the Old River Control system that went into operation in 1963 that kept the Mississippi River from diverting increasingly to the Atchafalaya River.
Here is a short T-P video from when the Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway several years ago to relieve the pressure on the city's levee system.
And here is the latest FEMA map showing flood zones in New Orleans. Notice the patterns referenced in the text?
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