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The Louisiana scalawags : politics, race, and terrorism during the Civil War and Reconstruction / Frank J. Wetta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wetta, Frank J., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Republican Party (La.).
- History.
- Terrorism--Political aspects.
- Race relations.
- Louisiana--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Louisiana.
- Politics and government.
- Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- White people--Louisiana--Politics and government--19th century.
- White people.
- Louisiana--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Terrorism--Political aspects--Louisiana--History--19th century.
- Terrorism.
- Republican Party (La.)--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807147467
- 080714746X
- 9780807147474
- 0807147478
- 9780807147481
- 0807147486
- 9780807147498
- 0807147494
- OCLC:
- 778074417
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