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				YOUR GUIDE TO VOLUME 39, Nos. 1-2 If you teach Louisiana history in the Louisiana school system, you should subscribe to Louisiana History. No two ways about it. Louisiana History gives you access to the latest findings and interpretations about the historical events that have made the Pelican State the most interesting place in America. Articles cover the entire state, all historical periods, and every racial and ethnic group that played a role in shaping Louisiana's development. See for yourself! Here are abstracts of the articles appearing in recent issues of Louisiana History. Political Continuity in the Crescent City: Toward an Interpretation of New Orleans Politics, 1874-1986 by Edward F. Haas There are few murkier realms in Louisiana history than the briar patches and entanglements of modern New Orleans politics. Although the composition of New Orleans's political parties has changed radically over the course of the twentieth century, the Crescent City's reputation for seamy politics remains well deserved. Professor Haas concludes that "New Orleans politics, like its music, is always changing, but for the most part the tune remains the same." Mechanisms of Planter Power in Eastern Louisiana's Piney Woods, 1810-1860 by Samuel C. Hyde, Jr. Considerable interest continues to focus on the willingness of Southern plain folk to support the planters in a war that served the elite's interests. Professor Hyde explores the long-standing ties that bound the poor farmers of the central and eastern Florida Parishes to the politically influential planters of the Felicianas. These ties were surprisingly complex. 'I Would Rather Be Among the Comanches': The Military Occupation of Southwest Louisiana, 1865 by Michael G. Wade Policing the towns of southwestern Louisiana in 1865 was a thankless task for Yale-educated Col. Charles Ledyard Norton, whose officers and enlisted men were assigned the disagreeable task of bringing order out of the chaotic state plaguing the state's bayou and prairie regions. The region's Cajun population proved especially difficult to manage, causing Norton to insist, in testimony before Congress, that he "would rather be among the Comanches than among these . . . people." Social Christianity in Short Stories and Novellas of Michel Seligny by Frans C. Amelinckx Between 1830 and 1870, French literature was an important facet of Louisiana's Creole culture. Some of Louisiana's best known French writers during this period were free men of color who had been educated in France. Michel Seligny was the most prolific short-story writer among the Creoles of Color. Seligny's works consistently incorporate the notion of charity and involvement in social action. Perception and Reality: Colbert's Native American Policy by Alisa V. Petrovich This article explores the origins of France's generally conciliatory Native American policies in eighteenth-century Louisiana. Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Mass Production of World War II Landing Craft by Peter Neushul Andrew Jackson Higgins, a New Orleans boatbuilder, was the most significant designer and producer of the landing craft that caused a revolution in amphibious warfare during World War II. According to the head of the Marine Corps, these Louisiana-made landing craft did "more to win the war in the Pacific than any other single piece of equipment." The Evangeline League's Man in the Blue Serge Suit: Trials and Tribulations by J. Paul Leslie The baseball umpire occupies a unique position in American sports. He has come to represent the heavy of the baseball drama, the villain of the play, the object of antagonism and abuse from players and spectators. Professor Leslie recalls the trials and tribulations of umpire's in Louisiana's most famous minor league system. Confederate Soldiers Take Matters into Their Own Hands: The End of the Civil War in North Louisiana by John Kelly Damico The American Civil War did not end with Robert E. Lee's surrender. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's Confederate army of 36,000 in the Trans-Mississippi Department remained unconquered, and the general staff was determined to go down fighting. The enlisted men, however, recognized the futility of continued resistance, and their large-scale desertion prevented major bloodshed in the Confederacy's final days. The French Regency and the Colonial Engineers: Street Names of Early New Orleans by Charles Edwards O'Neill Discover the process by which the world-famous French Quarter streets were named. Also recently published in Louisiana History: "Francois Coulon de Villiers," by Gilbert C. Din "An Introduction to Vagrancy and Workhouses in New Orleans," by Nate Weston "The Feminine Side of Bootlegging," by Tanya Marie Sanchez "The Carnival of Death: The Caalvary Battle of Cheneyville," by Donald S. Frazier "New Orleans Modernism," by Laura Clark Brown "The FBI and Radical Student Movements," by Gregory Duhe "The Freedmen's Bureau in Shreveport," by Solomon K. Smith "Concubinage and Emancipation," by Claude F. Oubre "The Louisiana Baptist Convention," by Mark Newman "Merchants in Transition to a New South," by Scott P. Marler "Jean Laffite, the Baratraians, and the Battle of New Orleans," by Robert C. Vogel "From the Barrel of a Gun: The Politics of Murder in Grant Parish, Louisiana," by Joel M. Sipress Become a member of the Louisiana Historical Association today by filling out the membership form and sending it with your check to the Association's secretary-treasurer. Remember! Membership in the Association is an outstanding gift for anyone who loves Louisiana.     Louisiana Historical Association     Office of the Secretary-Treasurer, Angela Elms     University of Louisiana at Lafayette     P.O. Box 42808     Lafayette, LA 70504-2808     (337) 482-5412

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