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Bayou dilemma : Louisiana in crisis and change / edited by Samuel C. Hyde Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- America's third coast
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race discrimination--Louisiana--History.
- Race discrimination.
- Crime--Louisiana--History.
- Crime.
- Corruption--Louisiana--History.
- Corruption.
- Law--Louisiana--History.
- Law.
- Flood control--Louisiana.
- Flood control.
- Brain drain--United States.
- Brain drain.
- Louisiana--History.
- Louisiana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- Louisiana in crisis and change
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2024]
- Contents:
- Foreword: Defining Louisiana through the lens of challenge / Samuel C. Hyde Jr.
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: 1896-2022: The pardon of Homer Plessy and its impact on racial justice / Governor John Bel Edwards
- Chapter Two: Defenders of tradition, champions of reform: Louisiana's faith communities confront civil rights change / Keith M. Finley
- Chapter Three: A soldier's story: the fight for equal rights and social justice in post-World War II Louisiana / Marcus S. Cox
- Chapter Four: Public corruption in Louisiana: then and now / Adam Fairclough
- Chapter Five: As Louisiana as crawfish pie: endemic violence and the nonunanimous jury verdict / Samuel C. Hyde Jr.
- Chapter Six: Equality for women in Louisiana: an unfinished revolution / Janet Allured
- Chapter Seven: Louisiana's coastal crisis, management, and prognosis considering tipping points of change / John A. Lopez
- Chapter Eight: Small watersheds, big conflicts: managing floods in the Florida parishes / Craig E. Colten
- Chapter Nine: The politics of opportunity: education reform in the Jindal adminstration / Pearson Cross
- Chapter Ten: Should I stay or go? The social, political, and environmental causes of Louisiana's "Brain Drain" / Robert Mann
- About the contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bayou dilemma
- ISBN:
- 9781496853820
- 1496853822
- 9781496853790
- 1496853792
- 9781496853806
- 1496853806
- 9781496853813
- 1496853814
- Publisher Number:
- 90100410973
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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