The Louisiana scalawags [electronic resource] : politics, race, and terrorism during the Civil War and Reconstruction / Frank J. Wetta.
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TextPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)ISBN: - 9780807147474
- 9780807147481
- Louisiana -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Terrorism -- Political aspects -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
- Whites -- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana
- Republican Party (La.) -- History -- 19th century
- 976.3/05 23
- F374 .W47 2012
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.
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