CSPAN2 Lectures July 3, 2024
So were going to in here new orleans, 1895. Shes beautiful in shape up here on the screen. Bustling city. Its a city on the make. Nearly two decades since thend of reconstruction, a decade after the worlds fair ce to town, which was a financial disaster, as we discusd. But it nevertless introduced new orleans. Its architect, to its literature, its food, and, of course, mardi gras to a new tourist economy. The 1890s, the dawn of the socalled progressive era, a time of urban progress. When the Public Transportation network of streetcars became electrified, when the citys new sewerage and water b...