Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Quarterly
Author: A Refuge for All Ages
Author: Carl A. BrasseauxPublisher: University of Southwestern Louisiana, Center for Louisiana Studies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Does not include immigration records (persons arriving in Louisiana).
Louisiana History
Author: The Sugar Masters
Author: Richard FollettPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807132470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Focusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana's antebellum sugarcane country, The Sugar Masters explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style paternalistic attitudes to create one of the South's most insidiously oppressive labor systems. As author Richard Follett vividly demonstrates, the agricultural paradise of Louisiana's thriving sugarcane fields came at an unconscionable cost to slaves. Thanks to technological and business innovations, sugar planters stood as models of capitalist entrepreneurship by midcentury. But above all, labor management was the secret to their impressive success. Follett explains how in exchange for increased productivity and efficiency they offered their slaves a range of incentives, such as greater autonomy, improved accommodations, and even financial remuneration. These material gains, however, were only short term. According to Follett, many of Louisiana's sugar elite presented their incentives with a "facade of paternal reciprocity" that seemingly bound the slaves' interests to the apparent goodwill of the masters, but in fact, the owners sought to control every aspect of the slaves's lives, from reproduction to discretionary income. Slaves responded to this display of paternalism by trying to enhance their rights under bondage, but the constant bargaining process invariably led to compromises on their part, and the grueling production pace never relented. The only respite from their masters' demands lay in fashioning their own society, including outlets for religion, leisure, and trade. Until recently, scholars have viewed planters as either paternalistic lords who eschewed marketplace values or as entrepreneurs driven to business success. Follett offers a new view of the sugar masters as embracing both the capitalist market and a social ideology based on hierarchy, honor, and paternalism. His stunning synthesis of empirical research, demographics study, and social and cultural history sets a new standard for this subject.
Lafourche Parish Sand Dredging Operations Near Leeville
Author: Genealogy Division Subject Catalog, 1976-1984: P-Z
Author: Indiana State Library. Genealogy DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Genealogy of the Waldo Family
Author: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Nelson's Encyclopaedia
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description