Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War

by Charles P. Roland

Book Overview

This early work by esteemed historian Charles P. Roland draws from an abundance of primary sources to describe how the Civil War brought south Louisiana's sugarcane industry to the brink of extinction, and disaster to the lives of civilians both black and white. A gifted raconteur, Roland sets the scene where the Louisiana cane country formed "a favored and colorful part of the Old South," and then unfolds the series of events that changed it forever:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807122211
• ISBN13: 9780807122211
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"