Louisiana

Just after World War I, jazz began a journey along America's waterways from its birthplace in New Orleans. For the first time in any organized way, steam-driven boats left town …

An illuminating look at the festival performances of slaves in Havana and New OrleansHowever urban slave societies might have differed from their rural counterparts, they still …

Not as well-known as some of her contemporaries- Mark Twain, George W. Cable, and Joel Chandler Harris, to name a few- author and historian Grace King (1851- 1932) was nonetheless …

"Building the Devil's Empire" is the first comprehensive history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish …

Everyone in Louisiana knows something about crawfish - especially how tasty they can be when boiled with just the right combination of spices. Yet these small crustaceans -- known …

Founded in 1718 by two French-Canadian brothers for French King Louis XIV, New Orleans grew from its roots as a Euro-Caribbean port city at the nexus of North, Central and South …

While most people are aware of the World War II internment of thousands of Japanese citizens and residents of the United States, few know that Germans, Austrians, and Italians were …

Few thoroughfares offer as rich a history as Louisiana's River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In this third edition of her extremely popular guide, Along the River Road, …

The Canary Islanders, or Isleños, of Louisiana, like some of the state's other ethnic groups, have received little scholarly attention. Although they are a people who have remained …

On Saturday nights in Southwest Louisiana, a weekly ritual unfolds in the bars and clubs along the ""crawfish circuit."" Working men and women exchange their work clothes for …