The house that sugarcane built : the Louisiana Burguières / Donna McGee Onebane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onebane, Donna McGee, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sugar growing--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Sugar growing.

Sugar growing--Louisiana--History--20th century.

Sugar--Economic aspects--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Sugar.

Sugar--Economic aspects--Louisiana--History--20th century.

Sugar--Economic aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Sugar--Economic aspects--Southern States--History--20th century.

Sugarcane--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Sugarcane.

Sugarcane--Louisiana--History--20th century.

Sugar trade--Southern States--History--19th century.

Sugar trade.

Sugar trade--Southern States--History--20th century.

Burguiéres, Eugene Denis, 1804-1876.

Burguiéres, Eugene Denis.

Burguiéres, Jules Martial, 1850-1899.

Burguiéres, Jules Martial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]

Summary:

The multigenerational history of one of Louisiana's oldest dynasties and its empire of sugar and land.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Origins: From France to the New World, 1660s-1831; 2. A New Beginning: Eugène Denis Burguières in Southwest Louisiana, 1831-1850; 3. Ernest D. Burguières: A Witness to the Rise and Fall of the Louisiana Sugar Bowl, 1850-1878; 4. Founding a Sugar Empire: Jules Martial Burguières Sr., 1877-1893; 5. The Sugar Baron in New Orleans, 1893-1899; 6. Brothers in Business, 1900-1912; 7. Denis P. J. Burguières and Brothers, 1912-1936; 8. Jules M. Burguières Jr., the Florida Everglades, and Southern States Land and Timber Company, 1913-1936

9. Back to the Plantation: The Reign of Jules Martial Burguières Jr., 1936-196010. A Family Business in Crisis: Edward E. Burguières, 1960-1981; 11. From the Ashes: Philip Burguières and Ron Cambre, 1978-2013; Epilogue; Appendixes; 1. Genealogy; 2. Patents; 3. J. M. Burguières Company Boards of Directors, 1901-2012; 4. J. M. Burguières Family Councils, 2005-2013; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62674-007-0

OCLC:

881387626