{"product_id":"the-house-that-sugarcane-built-the-louisiana-burguieres-9781496815866","title":"The House That Sugarcane Built: The Louisiana Burguières","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe House That Sugarcane Built\u003c\/i\u003e tells the saga of Jules M. Burguières Sr. and five generations of Louisianans who, after the Civil War, established a sugar empire that has survived into the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When twenty-seven-year-old Parisian immigrant Eugène D. Burguières landed at the Port of New Orleans in 1831, one of the oldest Louisiana dynasties began. Seen through the lens of one family, this book traces the Burguières from seventeenth-century France to nineteenth-century New Orleans and rural south Louisiana and into the twenty-first century. It is also a rich portrait of an American region that has retained its vibrant French culture. As the sweeping narrative of the clan unfolds, so does the story of their family-owned sugar business, the J. M. Burguières Company, as it plays a pivotal role in the expansion of the sugar industry in Louisiana, Florida, and Cuba. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The French Burguières were visionaries who knew the value of land and its bountiful resources. The fertile soil along the bayous and wetlands of south Louisiana bestowed on them an abundance of sugarcane above its surface, and salt, oil, and gas beneath. Ever in pursuit of land, the Burguières expanded their holdings to include the vast swamps of the Florida Everglades; then, in 2004, they turned their sights to cattle ranches on the great frontier of west Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finally, integral to the story are the complex dynamics and tensions inherent in this family-owned company, revealing both failures and victories in its history of more than 135 years. The J. M. Burguières Company's survival has depended upon each generation safeguarding and nourishing a legacy for the next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna McGee Onebane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496815866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna McGee Onebane\u003c\/b\u003e is a folklorist and a member of the English Department faculty at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She was director for the Library of Congress Veterans Oral History Project in Louisiana and Louisiana Voices. Her contributions have appeared in \u003ci\u003eLouisiana English Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana Folklore Miscellany, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mark Twain Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45501034627187,"sku":"9781496815866","price":28.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7d14b736-5d06-45d0-b109-19d6a2c178de.jpg?v=1789490590","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-house-that-sugarcane-built-the-louisiana-burguieres-9781496815866","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}