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Winding through time the forgotten history and present-day peril of Bayou Manchac /

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Hovedforfatter: Sternberg, Mary Ann
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
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Manchac, Bayou (La.) > History.
Manchac, Bayou, Region (La.) > History.
Manchac, Bayou (La.) > Environmental conditions.
Manchac, Bayou, Region (La.) > Environmental conditions.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • What is Manchac?
  • Exploring the bayou
  • Community development, then and now
  • Iberville discovers the bayou
  • The bayou has a split personality
  • Colonial development begins with the French
  • An international boundary
  • The British settle the Manchac--
  • And the Spanish settle the Manchac
  • What the Louisiana Purchase meant
  • When Andrew Jackson dammed the bayou
  • The bayou in the nineteenth century
  • The biggest little village on the bayou
  • When the woodmen came
  • Prehistory redux
  • A quiet stream and modern development
  • Spirit of place
  • Contemporary struggles-- and possibilities
  • Where are the rose-colored glasses?

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