Handing the colony back and forth between their empires, the French and Spanish left a legacy that lives in such forms as the architecture of the Vieux Carré and a civil law deriving from the Napoleonic Code. Acadian refugees, German farmers, black slaves and free blacks, along with Italians, Irish, and the "Kaintucks" who helped Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans added to the state's distinctiveness. Made rich by sugar cane, cotton, and Mississippi River commerce before the Civil War, Louisiana faced poverty afterward. Battles between Bourbon Democrats and Reconstruction Republicans followed, ultimately involving the Custom House Ring and the Knights of the White Camellia. By methods that remain controversial, Huey Long ended "government by gentlemen" with economic transformations others had sought. Gas, oil, and industrialization have additionally "Americanized" the state.
Something of Louisiana's historic joie de vivre remains, however, to the gratification of residents and visitors alike; both will enjoy Joe Gray Taylor's telling of the story.
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Handing the colony back and forth between their empires, the French and Spanish left a legacy that lives in such forms as the architecture of the Vieux Carré and a civil law deriving from the Napoleonic Code. Acadian refugees, German farmers, black slaves and free blacks, along with Italians, Irish, and the "Kaintucks" who helped Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans added to the state's distinctiveness. Made rich by sugar cane, cotton, and Mississippi River commerce before the Civil War, Louisiana faced poverty afterward. Battles between Bourbon Democrats and Reconstruction Republicans followed, ultimately involving the Custom House Ring and the Knights of the White Camellia. By methods that remain controversial, Huey Long ended "government by gentlemen" with economic transformations others had sought. Gas, oil, and industrialization have additionally "Americanized" the state.
Something of Louisiana's historic joie de vivre remains, however, to the gratification of residents and visitors alike; both will enjoy Joe Gray Taylor's telling of the story.
Imprint | W W Norton & Co Inc |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 1984 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | May 1984 |
Authors | Joe Gray Taylor |
Dimensions | 211 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 228 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-30174-8 |
Barcode | 9780393301748 |
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LSN | 0-393-30174-5 |