Download or read book Glimpses of Black Life Along Bayou Lafourche written by Curtis J. Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes experiences of Black people who lived throughout the Mississippi RiverBayou Lafourche Region of South Louisiana during the period 18751975. These writings cover four parishes (counties) including Saint James, Ascension, Assumption and Lafourche. This area of Louisiana is steeped in American history, beginning in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. The regions uniqueness is revealed as we reflect on the Great Depression and the economy, the area and its people, the cuisine, health and home remedies, folklore (customs, fads, and superstitions), homesteads and family life, the three Rs and secondhand books, the music of our lives, our hometown heroes and their participation in the defense of our country starting with the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War, and much more.

Download or read book Lafourche Parish written by Clifton Theriot and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lafourche is a parish rich in history and culture known for its close-knit, family-centered communities. The towns and communities of Lafourche were settled along its namesake, Bayou Lafourche, which bisects the parish from its northern boundary to its southern boundary at the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the continuous pattern of homes and businesses built along the bayou, many refer to the bayou as the Longest Street in the World. The parish was originally inhabited by Native American tribes and later by European, African, and English settlers. Many of the residents of Lafourche can trace their ancestry back to these early settlers, strengthening the sense of community that is distinctive to southern Louisiana. The fertile bayou delta fostered small vegetable farms as well as large sugarcane plantations that continue to thrive. The numerous waterways and marshes of the parish produce bountiful catches of fish, seafood, and other wildlife, giving rise to its reputation as a sportsmen s paradise. The parish s economy is also made up of a shipbuilding industry and the onshore and offshore oil industry."

Download or read book The Pughs of Bayou Lafourche written by R. Dana Russell and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Pictorial History of the Bayou Lafourche Area written by Daily Comet (Thibodaux, La.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mississippi written by Quinta Scott and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A photographic documentation of the Mississippi River, illustrating the geographical and botanical features of the river and its wetlands. Using 200 color photographs and accompanying vignettes, Scott explains how we have changed each site depicted, howwe try to manage and restore it, and the wildlife that occupies it"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Bayou Lafourche and Lafourche Jump Waterway O M written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journey to Bayou Lafourche written by Joan Boudreaux Ledet and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bayou Farewell written by Mike Tidwell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cajun coast of Louisiana is home to a way of life as unique, complex, and beautiful as the terrain itself. As award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell journeys through the bayou, he introduces us to the food and the language, the shrimp fisherman, the Houma Indians, and the rich cultural history that makes it unlike any other place in the world. But seeing the skeletons of oak trees killed by the salinity of the groundwater, and whole cemeteries sinking into swampland and out of sight, Tidwell also explains why each introduction may be a farewell—as the storied Louisiana coast steadily erodes into the Gulf of Mexico. Part travelogue, part environmental exposé, Bayou Farewell is the richly evocative chronicle of the author's travels through a world that is vanishing before our eyes.

Download or read book Official Journal written by Louisiana. Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report written by Louisiana Board of State Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bayou Lafourche 1855 written by and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text, January 23, 1855. The steamer Mary Bess, under Captain Muggah, arrived in New Orleans from Bayou Lafourche.

Download or read book Bayou Lafourche written by Audrey Felarise and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bayou Lafourche written by Madewood Arts Foundation (Napoleonville, La.) and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report written by Louisiana. Engineers Board and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Lafourche Country written by Philip Davis Uzee and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sugar Masters written by Richard Follett and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana's antebellum sugarcane country, The Sugar Masters explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style paternalistic attitudes to create one of the South's most insidiously oppressive labor systems. As author Richard Follett vividly demonstrates, the agricultural paradise of Louisiana's thriving sugarcane fields came at an unconscionable cost to slaves. Thanks to technological and business innovations, sugar planters stood as models of capitalist entrepreneurship by midcentury. But above all, labor management was the secret to their impressive success. Follett explains how in exchange for increased productivity and efficiency they offered their slaves a range of incentives, such as greater autonomy, improved accommodations, and even financial remuneration. These material gains, however, were only short term. According to Follett, many of Louisiana's sugar elite presented their incentives with a "facade of paternal reciprocity" that seemingly bound the slaves' interests to the apparent goodwill of the masters, but in fact, the owners sought to control every aspect of the slaves's lives, from reproduction to discretionary income. Slaves responded to this display of paternalism by trying to enhance their rights under bondage, but the constant bargaining process invariably led to compromises on their part, and the grueling production pace never relented. The only respite from their masters' demands lay in fashioning their own society, including outlets for religion, leisure, and trade. Until recently, scholars have viewed planters as either paternalistic lords who eschewed marketplace values or as entrepreneurs driven to business success. Follett offers a new view of the sugar masters as embracing both the capitalist market and a social ideology based on hierarchy, honor, and paternalism. His stunning synthesis of empirical research, demographics study, and social and cultural history sets a new standard for this subject.