General Halbert Eleazer Paine, commanding officer of the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment of Volunteers, took part in most significant military actions in the lower Mississippi Valley during the Civil War. Nearly forty years after the conflicts end, Painea former school teacher and attorney who would become a three-term congressmanpenned recollections of ...
In 1949, Frank Owsley's seminal work, PLAIN FOLK IN THE OLD SOUTH, argued that a thriving middle class represented the majority of southerners and was integral to the region's development. In the spirit of Owsley's effort to expand understanding of the south, the selections included here provide fresh perspectives on the complexities of the plain ...
Louisiana's Florida Parishes, located in the southeastern part of the state, have endured a tumultuous evolution, including domination by every major power that invaded North America, exclusion from the Louisiana Purchase, insurrection and the establishment of the original Lone Star Republic, and some of the highest rates of rural homicide ...
Sunbelt Revolution offers a historical account of the emergence in the 19th century of a national consciousness of social justice and racial inequality, identifying what may have been the first organized civil rights march in the United States. The book reveals that the burden of oppression involved more than just white masters and black victims, ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeast Louisiana University
Description: Illustrated. Near Fine Binding. NOT Ex-Library Previous owner's name written at top of title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. read more
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Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech
