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The Louisiana scalawags

Wetta, Frank Joseph, 1942-

The Louisiana scalawags politics, race, and terrorism during the Civil War and Reconstruction / [electronic resource] : Frank J. Wetta. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (256 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The scalawags in "the land of jubilee" : myth, memory, and the historians -- Backstory : the origins of the Louisiana scalawags -- "The rainbow of happiness" : the scalawags' unionist connection -- "Minds and hearts" : the scalawags, unionism, and the making of the Republican Party in Louisiana -- "What the hell is your hide worth today?" : the scalawags and the New Orleans riot of 1866 -- The scalawags and the carpetbag prince -- "Doom for the traitor" : bulldozing the scalawags -- After the deluge : the scalawags and the waning of Louisiana republicanism -- The scalawags in retrospect.

9780807147474 9780807147481


Republican Party (La.)--History--19th century.


Terrorism--Political aspects--History--Louisiana--19th century.
Whites--Politics and government--19th century.--Louisiana
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana.


Louisiana--Race relations--History--19th century.
Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Louisiana--Politics and government--1861-1865.


Electronic books.

F374 / .W47 2012

976.3/05