{"product_id":"bourbonism-and-agrarian-protest-louisiana-politics-1877-1900-9780807102060","title":"Bourbonism and Agrarian Protest: Louisiana Politics, 1877-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorians have come to think on the late nineteenth century as America's Gilded Age. But in Louisiana it was a time of conflict and repression--turbulent years which engendered the social and political forces that ultimately produced the Huey Long era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfessor William Ivy Hair has captured the essence of Louisiana life and politics during this era, the decades that followed the end of Reconstruction. Using many quotations from newspapers and other relevant sources, the author has recreated in a readable narrative not only the political developments but the flavor of contemporary life and the prevalent emotions of the period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe focuses on the two major opposing forces in the state during the era: the conservative Bourbon oligarchy and the various protest movements of disadvantaged whites and blacks. To provide a background for a perceptive understanding of this political conflict, he undertakes a broad-gauged examination of the social, economic, and racial conditions in the state from 1877 to 1900. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the sordid story of the events surrounding the end of Reconstruction, Hair examines and analyzes the Democratic oligarchy, the leading personalities involved, and its several factions. He examines the economic and social conditions of both rural and urban Louisiana, and discusses the Greenback-agrarian upheaval of 1878, the larger protest movement that followed, the attempted mass Negro exodus from the state during the so-called \"Kansas Fever\" of 1879, the spread of the Farmers' Union and Alliance of the 1880's, and the rise of Populism in the 1890's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving crushed Greenbackism and related independent movements, Hair says, the Bourbon oligarchy proceeded to fasten upon Louisiana what was probably the most reactionary and least socially responsible regime in the history of the post-Civil War South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBourbanism and Agrarian Protest\u003c\/i\u003e combines thorough scholarly research and clear, perceptive writing. It covers every issue and every event of consequence of the era and is an excellent sequel to Roger W. Shugg's \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Class Struggle in Louisiana\u003c\/i\u003e, which treats the period from 1840 to 1875.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Ivy Hair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807102060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Ivy Hair (1930-1992) was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Southern History at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCarnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161529167987,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_58425cba-a7ee-490f-a2bf-0529dd7f3769.jpg?v=1654954547","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bourbonism-and-agrarian-protest-louisiana-politics-1877-1900-9780807102060","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}