Winding through Time : The Forgotten History and Present-Day Peril of Bayou Manchac /

Mary Ann Sternberg has woven together history, tales, anecdotes, and personal experiences to create a fascinating narrative on Bayou Manchac, an overlooked treasure of Louisiana. Only eighteen miles in length, Bayou Manchac has a history that far exceeds it's physical longevity. It has been one...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sternberg, Mary Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ecology
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Louisiana > Bayou Manchac
Manchac, Bayou, Region (La.) > Environmental conditions.
Manchac, Bayou (La.) > Environmental conditions.
Manchac, Bayou, Region (La.) > History.
Manchac, Bayou (La.) > History.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is Manchac?
  • Exploring the bayou
  • Community development, then and now
  • Iberville discovers the bayou
  • The bayou has a split personality
  • Colonial development begins with the French
  • An international boundary
  • The British settle the Manchac--
  • And the Spanish settle the Manchac
  • What the Louisiana Purchase meant
  • When Andrew Jackson dammed the bayou
  • The bayou in the nineteenth century
  • The biggest little village on the bayou
  • When the woodmen came
  • Prehistory redux
  • A quiet stream and modern development
  • Spirit of place
  • Contemporary struggles-- and possibilities
  • Where are the rose-colored glasses?

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