Acknowledgments

We thank the many residents of New Orleans, especially those of the Hispanic and Latino communities, for their generous assistance. We hope that this web site and book are as informative to them as they were to us.

The principal funding to support the research that resulted in this book and website came from the Louisiana Board of Regents, through its Economic Development Assistantship Program. The Board of Regents increases the educational attainment of Louisiana’s citizens through, in part, its funding of faculty and student research. We thank the Board of Regents for supporting this contribution to better understanding the past, present, and future of one of America's great cities. The results of our efforts will be disseminated on this website, the book, and in the classes we teach at LSU, Tulane, and other universities.