When did Tulane become a national university?

fallenchemist
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 22:27:41 +0000

I would not really consider New Orleans representative of “southern culture”. It is unique unto itself, with its own language, accent, expressions, culinary style, architecture, etc.

Totally agree. Its history, mostly due to its location, set it apart from anywhere else. Changing ownership, constant influx and acceptance of just about every nationality and ethnic group, including free blacks long before the civil war (see the history of Treme), and the almost constant corruption of both local and state government, and you have a recipe like no other. Add in the migration of the Acadians from French Canada to create the Cajun culture throughout South Louisiana, and there is nothing like it in the rest of the south.