Annotated Bibliography
"American Experience | New Orleans | People & Events | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service, December 2006, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/peopleevents/p_butler.html (accessed July 27, 2011).
This site compliments the film of the same name and includes various student friendly resources such as a timeline, map, gallery and concise paragraphs outlining key historical moments in New Orleans.
"Black Code." In Black Code, in "Collection of Regulations, Edicts, Declarations, and Decrees Concerning the French Colonies in America.. Baton Rouge: Survey of Federal Archives in Louisiana, 1940. 370-390.
This translation of the original text of the French Black Code provides some fascinating insight into the specific and unique rules and regulations governing the French colonies.
Bourne, Joel K., and Jr.. "New Orleans - National Geographic Magazine." National Geographic Magazine. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/new-orleans/new-orleans-text (accessed July 18, 2011).
Bourne's article is a concise read about the ecology of the Gulf Coast and the ways in which humans have drastically altered the coast.
Brinkley, Douglas. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New York: Morrow, 2006.
Brinkley's tome provides great historical background according to the book's subtitle and is especially noteworthy because of its rich inclusion of narratives by various informants.
Codrescu, Andrei. New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
This is an invaluable collection of essays that duly illustrate New Orleans' particular mystique and challenges. The essays are generally short, which offer ample possibilities for inclusion in lessons, although the writing may be challenging for students.
Dyson, Michael Eric. Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. New York: Basic Civitas, 2007.
A must-read for any educator seeking to understand the relevance of race and class in the devastation of Katrina and of governmental negligence.
Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun . San Francisco: McSweeney's Books, 2009.
This is an expansive, accessible narration of one New Orleanian's bizarre and harrowing survival post-Katrina. Students will readily relate to Zeitoun and others who are part of his story.
Gehman, Mary. The Free People of Color of New Orleans: An Introduction. 1994. Reprint, New Orleans: Margaret Media, 2003.
A short but well-researched overview of the expansive free people of color communities in New Orleans before the U.S. Civil War.
Neufeld, Josh. A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge. New York: Pantheon Books, 2009.
A graphic novel that depicts the struggles for survival of seven New Orleanians during and after Hurricane Katrina. Great for students!
Pang, Valerie Ooka, William R. Fernekes, and Jack L. Nelson. The Human Impact of Natural Disasters: Issues for the Inquiry-Based Classroom. Silver Spring, Md.: National Council for the Social Studies, 2010.
A lesson book for teachers that includes sections on natural disasters and their impacts, case studies, the securing of human rights during and after disasters, and additional resources.
Reizenstein, Ludwig von, and Steven W. Rowan. The Mysteries of New Orleans . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
A massive and intriguing novel set in antebellum New Orleans, with a superman bent on avenging the sin of slavery, written by a German expatriate who claims New Orleans as home.
Sublette, Ned. The World that Made New Orleans from Spanish Silver to Congo Square. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2008. Sublette's book explores New Orleans through the stages of colonization to annexation to the United States to the present, with particular emphasis on the cultural developments in this most African of U.S. cities.
Tidwell, Mike. Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.
This book sounds a strong warning and call to action through clear accounts of the impacts of wetland loss on the Gulf Coast through the writer's encounters with Gulf Coast shrimping and fishing communities.
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