A fierce and fractious frontier
Subtitle: the curious development of Louisiana's Florida parishes, 1699-2000
By: edited by Samuel C. Hyde Jr. ; with a foreword by Hodding Carter III.
Contributors: Hyde, Samuel C., 1958-
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baton Rouge, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Florida Parishes (La.) -- History.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering a neglected Southern subregion / Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.; title: A geography of power : French and Indian alliances on the southeast Louisiana frontier / Charles N. Elliott; title: Boom in the bayous : land speculation and town planning in the Florida parishes under British rule / Robin F.A. Fabel; title: Slavery in Louisiana's Florida parishes under the Spanish regime, 1779-1803 / Gilbert C. Din; title: Giving Jackson victory : Thomas ap [sic] Catesby Jones, the Battle of Lake Borgne, and British frustration along the Gulf / Gene A. Smith; title: A threshold of unobtainable commitment : irregular operations in Louisiana's Florida parishes, 1862-1865 / Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.; title: The ongoing agricultural credit crisis in the Florida parishes of Louisiana, 1865-1890 / Richard H. Kilbourne, Jr.; title: The legendary longleaf pine forests of the Florida parishes : historic character and change at the hand of man / Latimore Smith; title: African American workers in Florida parishes lumber industry, 1900-1925 / Bill Wyche; title: Washington Parish and its Black community : Horace Mann Bond's study of 1934-1935 / Adam Fairclough; title: Environment, economy, and quality of life in Louisiana's Florida parishes / Paul H. Templet.