{"product_id":"louisiana-9781118619292","title":"Louisiana","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering the lively, even raucous, history of Louisiana from before First Contact through the Elections of 2012, this sixth edition of the classic Louisiana history survey provides an engaging and comprehensive narrative of what is arguably America's most colorful state.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSince the appearance of the first edition of this classic text in 1984, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana: A History\u003c\/i\u003e has remained the best-loved and most highly regarded college-level survey of Louisiana on the market\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompiled by some of the foremost experts in the field of Louisiana history who combine their own research with recent historical discoveries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes complete coverage of the most recent events in political and environmental history, including the continued aftermath of Katrina and the 2010 BP oil spill\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the interrelationship between Louisiana history and that of the American South and the nation as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an engaging and accessible style compl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMap 1 Louisiana viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 2 The United States, with Louisiana highlighted ix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by \u003ci\u003eJohn C. Rodrigue\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Light Townsend Cummins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Native Peoples and European Contact 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Founding of French Louisiana 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Louisiana as a French Colony 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Spanish Louisiana 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Final Years of Colonial Louisiana 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Judith Kelleher Schafer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Territorial Period 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Political Development of Antebellum Louisiana 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Life and Labor in Antebellum Louisiana 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Civil War and Reconstruction in Louisiana 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Edward F. Haas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Uneasy Interlude, 1877–1892 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Bourbonism, Populism, and a Little Progressivism, 1892–1924 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Time of the Kingfish, 1924–1935 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Struggle to Catch Up, 1877–1935 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Michael L. Kurtz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Corruption, Reform, and Reaction, 1936–1950 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Reform and Race, 1950–1960 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Decline of Racism, 1960–1972 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Era of Edwin Edwards, 1972–1987 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Louisiana at the End of the Century, 1987–2000 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Louisiana in the New Millennium 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix I 481\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean Rulers with Relation to Louisiana during the Colonial and Territorial Periods 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary Commandants and Governors of Louisiana 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix II 486\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Selective Chronology of Louisiana History 486\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 493\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406895980887,"sku":"9781118619292","price":34.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118619292.jpg?v=1730497477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/louisiana-9781118619292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}