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Podcast: New Books in the American South
Episode: Jason Berry, "City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300" (UNC Press, 2018)
Description: In City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Jason Berry delivers a history of New Orleans at its tricentennial. Beyond its ancient streets, jazz, and Carnival lies a richer, more textured New Orleans than anyone imagined. Berry spotlights the tension between a culture of spectacle, rooted in African burial dances, and a city of laws anchored in white supremacy. Discussing how culture and law grind against each other, the narrative is a parade of New Orleanians faced with these tensions.Learn more about the forthcoming documentary City of a M...