Pistols and politics : feuds, factions, and the struggle for order in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1934 / Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyde, Samuel C., 1958- author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

History.

Florida Parishes (La.)--History--19th century.

Florida Parishes (La.).

Florida Parishes (La.)--History--20th century.

Florida Parishes (La.)--Politics and government.

Florida Parishes (La.)--Social conditions.

Louisiana--Florida Parishes.

Violence--Louisiana--Florida Parishes--History--19th century.

Violence--Louisiana--Florida Parishes--History--20th century.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 380 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Edition:

Expanded and updated second edtion of Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"In the nineteenth-century South, there existed numerous local pockets where cultures and values different from those of the dominant planter class prevailed. One such area was the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana, where peculiar conditions combined to create an enclave of white yeomen. In the years after the Civil War, levels of violence among these men escalated to create a state of chronic anarchy, producing an enduring legacy of bitterness and suspicion. In Samuel C. Hyde's careful and original study of a society that degenerated into utter chaos, he illuminates the factors that allowed these conditions to arise and triumph"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-370) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780807169278

0807169277

OCLC:

1003641864