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Transportation, lumbering, general trade and commerce, agriculture, organized labor, and the modern economy in the Louisiana economy.
Book Synopsis
The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History was established by the Center for Louisiana Studies to bring to the general public the best in late twentieth-century historical scholarship on Louisiana. Volume 16 is the second topical number to appear in the series. Edited by Thomas A. Becnel, who has an extensive publications record in Louisiana history, this work's component essays trace the peaks and valleys of the Pelican State's economic evolution.
Because the first two chronological volumes in the series-- dealing with the French and Spanish colonial periods-- devote considerable attention to the origins of Louisiana agriculture and commerce, Agriculture and Economic Development in Louisiana concentrates on the period between statehood, 1812, and 1995. Volume 16 is organized into six major topical divisions: transportation, lumbering, agriculture, general trade and commerce, organized labor, and the modem economy. The transportation, agriculture, and modem economy sections constitute three-fourths of the work. Transportation is crucial to the development of any market economy, and, between 1815 and 1900, Louisiana experienced revolutionary improvements in its transportation infrastructure, as canal construction, improvements to waterways, railroad development, and highway improvements tied the state's subregions more and more closely together. The lumbering section traces the rise and fall of Louisiana's once extensive and lucrative cypress industry. In 1914, the Pelican State led the nation in lumber production. Despite a drastic reduction in the extent of forestry activities in Louisiana during the twentieth century, lumbering remains a mainstay of the state's economy, generating approximately $5 billion per annum-- approximately twice the income of the poultry, cotton, sugarcane, and marine fisheries industries combined. Essays on Louisiana's agricultural sector, which has done so much to shape the state's economic character, focus on the sugarcane, cotton, and rice industries. Individual essays examine the evolution of each industry over the course of two centuries. The final section offers numerous surprising conclusions about the Pelican State's postmodern status. It also notes the increasing complexity of Louisiana's economic situation, which can only be fully understood by exploring the pages of this book. Buy your copy today! Volume XVI of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History. Book Excerpts CONTENTS
An Overview Boom or BustÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââ¬Â âââ‰â¢ÃÆÃââââ¬à ¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃââÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃââÃÆÃâÃââÃÆââââ¬à ¡ÃâìÃÆââ¬Â¦ÃâáÃÆÃââââ¬à ¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃâìÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃââÃÆÃâÃââÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâì?Louisiana's Economy During the 1830s by Meri E. Reed PART I TRANSPORTATION Land's End by Albert E. Cowdrey Where the River Runs Deep by Joy J. Jackson The Red by Walter M, Lowrey The Calcasieu by A. Otis Hebert, Jr. The Teche by Robert M. Crisler The Atchafalaya by Sue Lyies Eakin The Saga of Water Transportation into Southwest Louisiana to 1900 by Donald J. Millet The Barataria and Lafourche Canal Company by Thomas A. Becnel The Evolution of Rail-Water Systems of Transportation in the Gulf Southwest, 1836-1890 by James P. Baughman Wartime Louisiana Railroads by Lawrence E. Estaville, Jr. Southwest Louisiana Enters the Railroad Age: 1880-1900 by Donald J. Millet The B & L Becomes Part of the Gulflntracoastal Waterway by Thomas A. Becnel Industry, War, and Commerce on the Mississippi by Joy J. Jackson PART II LUMBERING Lumber and Trade in the Lower Mississippi Valley and New Orleans, 1800-1860 by John A. Eisterhold The Lumber Industry of "Imperial" Calcasieu: 1865-1900 by Donald J. Millet The Gulf Lumber Company, Fullerton: A View of Lumbering During Louisiana's Golden Era by Anna C. Bums PART III AGRICULTURE Land Tenure in Louisiana, 1850-1860 by Harry Lewis Coles Naming the Plantation: An Analytical Survey from Tensas Parish, Louisiana by Jeffrey Alan Owens "The Savior of Louisiana" by J. Carlyle Sitterson The Cane Country by Charles P. Roland Aspects of Slave Management and Maintenance on a Louisiana Sugar Plantation: Petite Anse, 1840-1860 by James H. Dormon Modernization of the Louisiana Sugar Industry by John Alfred Heitmann The Great Decline and Recovery by J. Carlyle Sitterson Prisoner of War Labor in the Sugarcane Fields of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana:1943-1944 by Joseph T. Butler, Jr. The Cane Mutiny by Thomas A. Becnel The Louisiana Sugar Industry in the Twentieth Century by Glenn R. Conrad and Ray F. Lucas White Gold: The Confederate Government and Cotton in Louisiana by Judith F. Gentry The Civil War and Southern Agriculture, 1860-1865 by John S. Otto The New Orleans Cotton Exchange: The Formative Years, 1871 -1880 by L. Tuffly Ellis Credit and Labor Relations in the Postbellum Agricultural South by Harold D. Woodman The Louisiana "Buy-A-Bale" of Cotton Movement, 1914 by James L. McCorkle, Jr. The Early Rice Industry by Henry Dethloff Organization for Survival: The Rice Industry and Protective Tariffs, 1921-1929 by Christopher M. Lee A New Era by Henry Dethloff Agricultural Recovery: The AAA by George Brown Tindall and David Shi Rural Poverty and the Struggle to Limit Farm Payments by Thomas A. Becnel PART IV GENERAL TRADE, COMMERCE New Orleans and the River Trade: Reinterpreting the Role of the Business Community by Lawrence H. Larsen The Origin and Spread of the Public Market System in New Orleans by Robert A. Sauder Footnote to the Coastwise TradeÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââ¬Â âââ‰â¢ÃÆÃââââ¬à ¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃââÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃââÃÆÃâÃââÃÆââââ¬à ¡ÃâìÃÆââ¬Â¦ÃâáÃÆÃââââ¬à ¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃâìÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃââÃÆÃâÃââÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâì?Some Teche Planters and Their Atlantic Factors by Meri E. Reed Cattle and Cattlemen of Southwest Louisiana, 1860-1900 by Donald J. Millet PARTY LABOR The Typographical Union and the New Orleans General Strike of 1892 by Bernard Cook Right-to-Work Laws in Louisiana by Bernard Cook and James Watson Lumberjacks and Longshoremen: The I. W. W. in Louisiana by Meri E. Reed PART VI THE MODERN ECONOMY Louisiana Summary: Agricultural and Natural Resources, 1995 by Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Louisiana Seafood Industry Study: A Summary by Walter Keithly Oil and Oyster Industry Conflicts in Coastal Louisiana by Thomas M. Soniat The Present State of Louisiana's Oyster Fishery by Robert Ancelet Maritime Shipbuilding and Related Activities in Louisiana, 1544-1968 by William Garrett Piston Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II by Jerry E. Strahan The Pine Island Situation: Petroleum, Politics, and Research Opportunities in Southern History by Brady M. Banta Oil on Stream by John L. Loos Passive Regulation: Carbon Black as a Conservation Issue in Louisiana during the 1920s by Brady M. Banta Socioeconomic Status and Trends by Lawrence S. McKenzie III, et al. The Structure of the Louisiana Economy by Loren C. Scott The Louisiana Economic Outlook: 1996 and 1997 by Loren C. Scott, James A. Richardson and A. M. M. Jamal Retail Sales in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area by Debbie Dupre Book Reviews
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