Along The River Road: Past And Present On Louisiana's Historic Byway Project Muse Upcc Books

New Voyages to Carolina offers a bold new approach for understanding and telling North Carolina's history. Recognizing the need for such a fresh approach and reflecting a generation of recent scholarship, eighteen distinguished authors have sculpted a broad, inclusive narrative of the state's evolution over more than four centuries. The volume provides new lenses and provocative possibilities for reimagining the state's past. Transcending traditional markers of wars and elections, the contributors map out a new chronology encompassing geological realities; the unappreciated presence of Indians, blacks, and women; religious and cultural influences; and abiding preferences for industrial development within the limits of "progressive" politics. While challenging traditional story lines, the authors frame a candid tale of the state's development. Contributors: Dorothea V. Ames, East Carolina University Karl E. Campbell, Appalachian State University James C. Cobb, University of Georgia Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Stephen Feeley, McDaniel College Jerry Gershenhorn, North Carolina Central University Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Yale University Patrick Huber, Missouri University of Science and Technology Charles F. Irons, Elon University David Moore, Warren Wilson College Michael Leroy Oberg, State University of New York, College at Geneseo Stanley R. Riggs, East Carolina University Richard D. Starnes, Western Carolina University Carole Watterson Troxler, Elon University Bradford J. Wood, Eastern Kentucky University Karin Zipf, East Carolina University Few thoroughfares - indeed, few places - in America are as rich in history as Louisiana's River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Yet for many travelers, traces of that rich past, veiled by time and change, are frustratingly difficult to discern. No more: in Along the River Road, Mary Ann Sternberg has written the definitive guide to this fabled route, revealing the history that lies hidden all up and down it. The River Road - actually two roads, one on each side of the Mississippi River - dates to the early decades of French colonization. Among the first Europeans to settle the area were hopeful Germans lured in the 1720s by the sheen of John Law's Mississippi Bubble. Later, the Acadians found a home here after their long diaspora. In the antebellum era, great plantations lined the riverbanks and sugar barons vied in building opulent mansions. Battles were fought here - French against Indian, Spaniard against Briton, American in blue against American in gray. Here too, in 1811, erupted the largest slave uprising in North American history. Catastrophes of other kinds were all too frequent: floods, hurricanes, epidemics of yellow fever and cholera, navigational disasters on the river. In more recent times, a line of giant petro-chemical and other industrial plants has produced the greatest change since settlement, refiguring the landscape and many of the old ways of life. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- An Uncompromising Environment: North Carolina's "Land of Water" Coastal System -- Voyages to Carolina: Europeans in the Indians' Old World -- Intercolonial Conflict and Cooperation during the Tuscarora War -- The Conundrum of Unfree Labor -- Land Tenure as Regulator Grievance and Revolutionary Tool -- Evangelical Geographies of North Carolina -- Money in the Bank: African American Women, Finance, and Freedom in New Bern, North Carolina, 1868-1874 -- Educational Capital and Human Flourishing: North Carolina's Public Schools and Universities, 1865-2015 -- Linthead Stomp: Carolina Cotton Mill Hands and the Modern Origins of Hillbilly Music -- Tar Heel Politics in the Twentieth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Plutocracy -- Defying Brown, Defying Pearsall: African Americans and the Struggle for Public School Integration in North Carolina, 1954-1971 -- It's Easier to Pick a Yankee Dollar than a Pound of Cotton: Tourism and North Carolina History -- Chasing Smokestacks: Lessons and Legacies -- Failing to Excite: The Dixie Dynamo in the Global Economy -- A New Description of North Carolina -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

Few thoroughfares offer as rich a history as Louisiana's River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In this third edition of her extremely popular guide, Along the River Road, Mary Ann Sternberg provides a revised introduction, new images, and updated information on sites and attractions as well as tales and local lore about favorite and overlooked destinations. Featuring background information about the area and a detailed guided tour -- upriver on the east bank and downriver along the west -- the book gives an overview of the River Road, serving as an accessible and definitive companion to exploring the corridor. Sternberg's abiding appreciation of the area's allure, garnered over twenty years, produces a must-have travel companion to a place that far exceeds its common reputation as only a parade of elegant antebellum mansions. In this new edition, she again encourages travelers to experience the many treasures of this wondrous byway for themselves, so they too can see how much it has changed over the past decade.

The River Road--actually Two Roads, One On Each Side Of The Mississippi River--is The Product Of More Than Three Hundred Years Of Documented History And Culture. The Centerpiece Of The Book Is A Mile-by-mile Guided Tour--upriver On The East Bank And Downriver Along The West--that Details The Past Of Scores Of Overlooked Venues. The River Road's Allure Goes Far Beyond Its Parade Of Antebellum Mansions To Reveal A Wondrous Past And Present Awaiting Discovery With This Book In Hand.--amazon.com. Introduction -- River Road Timeline -- Terms, People, And Places -- Parishes: What And Why -- The River And Settlement Along It -- Agriculture And Industry -- Architectural Styles -- The Natural Setting -- Upriver Along The East Bank -- Downriver Along The West Bank -- Sites Open To The Public. Mary Ann Sternberg. Map On Lining Papers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [293]-294) And Index. __New Voyages to Carolina__Contributors: Dorothea V. Ames, East Carolina UniversityKarl E. Campbell, Appalachian State UniversityJames C. Cobb, University of GeorgiaPeter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillStephen Feeley, McDaniel CollegeJerry Gershenhorn, North Carolina Central UniversityGlenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Yale UniversityPatrick Huber, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyCharles F. Irons, Elon UniversityDavid Moore, Warren Wilson CollegeMichael Leroy Oberg, State University of New York, College at GeneseoStanley R. Riggs, East Carolina UniversityRichard D. Starnes, Western Carolina UniversityCarole Watterson Troxler, Elon UniversityBradford J. Wood, Eastern Kentucky UniversityKarin Zipf, East Carolina University Few thoroughfares offer as rich a history as Louisiana's River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. This book provides a revised introduction, images, and information on sites and attractions as well as tales and local lore about favorite and overlooked destinations. Featuring background information about the area and a detailed guided tour - upriver on the east bank and downriver along the west - the book gives an overview of the River Road River Road Timeline Terms, People, and Places Parishes : What and Why The River and Settlement Along It Agriculture and Industry Architectural Styles The Natural Setting Food Along the River Upriver Along the East Bank Downriver Along the West Bank Sites Open to the Public.