The Louisiana scalawags : politics, race, and terrorism during the Civil War and Reconstruction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wetta, Frank J., 1942-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
Subjects:	Louisiana > Race relations > History > 19th century. Louisiana > Politics and government > 1865-1950. Louisiana > Politics and government > 1861-1865. Terrorism > Political aspects > Louisiana > History > 19th century. Whites > Louisiana > Politics and government > 19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Louisiana. Republican Party (La.) > History > 19th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The scalawags in "the land of jubilee" : myth, memory, and the historians
Backstory : the origins of the Louisiana scalawags
"The rainbow of happiness" : the scalawags' unionist connection
"Minds and hearts" : the scalawags, unionism, and the making of the Republican Party in Louisiana
"What the hell is your hide worth today?" : the scalawags and the New Orleans riot of 1866
The scalawags and the carpetbag prince
"Doom for the traitor" : bulldozing the scalawags
After the deluge : the scalawags and the waning of Louisiana republicanism
The scalawags in retrospect.