Pistols and Politics : The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1901 /

In the nineteenth-century South, there existed numerous local pockets where cultures and values different from those of the dominant planter class prevailed. One such area was the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana, where peculiar conditions combined to create an enclave of white yeomen. In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hyde, Samuel C., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Violence.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Violence > Louisiana > Florida Parishes > History > 19th century.
Louisiana > Florida Parishes.
Florida Parishes (La.) > Social conditions.
Florida Parishes (La.) > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the nineteenth-century South, there existed numerous local pockets where cultures and values different from those of the dominant planter class prevailed. One such area was the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana, where peculiar conditions combined to create an enclave of white yeomen. In the years after the Civil War, levels of violence among these men escalated to create a state of chronic anarchy, producing an enduring legacy of bitterness and suspicion. In Samuel C. Hyde's careful and original study of a society that degenerated into utter chaos, he illuminates the factors tha.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780807141854

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