![]() ![]() It’s the stuff of Sublette’s book that can make significant sections in The World appalling and important, to read. In an interview, he spoke of his work scripting Afropop Worldwide radio broadcasts, not knowing who’d be tuning in: “If you use any word outside the very general experience, you get in the habit of defining it immediately.” In The World, Sublette also extends such courteous accuracy in presenting his ardent, logical case for New Orleans’s importance in the early history of the United States. ![]() But it’s not language that’s at issue in The World That Made New Orleans-even though obscure regional words such as lagniappe (a merchant’s gift to a customer) make rare appearances, historian and musicologist Ned Sublette hoes a smooth row. Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square (Lawrence Hill Books, 2008)Ī tough read can be the result of thorny words, tedious rationale, off-putting content. ![]()
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