Changes in the Air Hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the Present

It’s the first “hurricane history” of New Orleans It covers all three of the city’s historical eras: French (1718-1762), Spanish (1762-1800) and American (1803-present) based on primary sources It features the first comprehensive history of the New Orleans levees from the French colonial period (including the knowledge transfer from France) to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, using French and Spanish colonial records, as well as primary sources from the American period It combines climate, environmental, social, and economic history It shows how long-term historical processes are linked to and relevant for the present and future