With a well-earned reputation for tolerance of both prostitution and miscegenation, New Orleans became known as the Great Southern Babylon in antebellum times. Following the...

With a well-earned reputation for tolerance of both prostitution and miscegenation, New Orleans became known as the Great Southern Babylon in antebellum times. Following the Civil War, a profound alteration in social and economic conditions gradually reshaped the city's sexual culture and erotic commerce. Historian Alecia P. Long traces sex in the Crescent City over fifty years, drawing from Louisiana Supreme Court case testimony to relate intriguing tales of people both obscure and famous whose relationships and actions exemplify the era.

Author: Alecia P. Long
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.22w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780807131121

About the Author
Alecia P. Long is an assistant professor of history at Louisiana State University. She is coeditor of Occupied Women: Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War.