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Cover image of the book The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950 by Karen Hunger Parshall

The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950

Karen Hunger Parshall, Karen. The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950. Princeton University Press; 2022.

Cover image of the book Carville's Cure by Pam Fessler

Carville's Cure: leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice

Fessler, Pam. Carville's cure : leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice. Liveright Publishing Corporation; 2020

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1860-1919

Hoffman, Paul E. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1860-1919: a history. Louisiana State University Press, 2020. 

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A Kingdom of Water

D'Oney, J. Daniel. A kingdom of water : adaptation and survival in the Houma Nation. University of Nebraska Press, 2020.

Cover image of the DVD Reconstruction: America after the Civil War

Reconstruction: America after the Civil War

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Reconstruction: America after the Civil War / a film by McGee Media and Inkwell Films; series producer, Julia Marchesi; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films and WETA Washington DC. PBS; 2019

Cover image of the book The Frescoes of Conrad Albrizio

The frescoes of Conrad Albrizio

Bercier, Carolyn A. The frescoes of Conrad Albrizio : public murals in the midcentury South. Louisiana State University Press; 2019

Cover image of the book Maryland, My Maryland by James Davis

Maryland, My Maryland: music and patriotism during the American Civil War

Davis, James A. Maryland, my Maryland : music and patriotism during the American Civil War. University of Nebraska Press; 2019

Cover image of the book Accounting for Slavery

Accounting for Slavery

Rosenthal, Caitlin. Accounting for slavery: masters and management. Harvard University Press, 2019. 

Cover image of the book Native Flora of Louisiana by Margaret Stones

Native Flora of Louisiana

Stones, Margaret. Native flora of Louisiana : watercolor drawings / by Margaret Stones; with botanical descriptions by Lowell E. Urbatsch. Louisiana State University Press; 2018

Cover image of the book Pistols and Politics

Pistols and politics : feuds, factions, and the struggle for order in Louisiana's Florida Parishes

Hyde, Samuel C. Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810–1935. Louisiana State University Press, 2018. 

Cover image of the book Beyond Racism and Poverty by Karin Lurvink

Beyond Racism and Poverty

Lurvink, Karin. Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920. Brill; 2018

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The Vietnam War

 

Ward, Geoffrey C. The Vietnam War : an intimate history / with an introduction by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick ; picture research by Salimah El-Amin with Lucas B. Frank ; design by Maggie Hinders. Alfred A. Knopf; 2017. 

Cover image of the book Spiritualism in nineteenth-century New Orleans

Spiritualism in nineteenth-century New Orleans

Daggett, Melissa. Spiritualism in nineteenth-century New Orleans : the life and times of Henry Louis Rey. University Press of Mississippi; 2017

Cover image of the book Win the Race or Die Trying by Jack McGuire

Win the race or die trying

McGuire, Jack B. Win the race or die trying : Uncle Earl's last hurrah. University Press of Mississippi; 2016

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The Louisiana field guide

Orgera, Ryan (Ed.) and Parent, Wayne (Ed.) The Louisiana Field Guide: Understanding Life in the Pelican State. Louisiana State University Press; 2014

Cover image of the book Imagining the Creole City

Imagining the Creole City

Fertel, Rien. Imagining the Creole City : the rise of literary culture in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Louisiana State University Press; 2014

Cover image of the book The Architecture of LSU

The Architecture of LSU

Desmond, John Michael. The Architecture of LSU. Louisiana State University Press; 2013

Cover image of the book Louisiana Women: their lives and times

Louisiana Women: their lives and times

Allured, Janet and Gentry, Judith, F. Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times. The University of Georgia Press; 2009

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Old South Baton Rouge

Hendry, Petra M., Edwards, Jay D., and Ware Carolyn. Old South Baton Rouge: The Roots of Hope. University of Louisiana at Lafayette; 2009

Cover image of the book Coolies and Cane

Coolies and Cane

Jung, Moon-Ho. Coolies and Cane: Race, Labor, and Sugar in the Age of Emancipation. Johns Hopkins University Press; 2006

Cover image of the book Kingfish: the reign of Huey P. Long

Kingfish: the reign of Huey P. Long

White, Richard D. Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long. Random House; 2006

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The Sugar Masters: planters and slaves in Louisiana's cane world, 1820-1860

Follett, Richard J. The Sugar Masters: planters and slaves in Louisiana's cane world, 1820-1860. Louisiana State University Press, 2005. 

Cover image of the book Reconstruction in the Cane Fields

Reconstruction in the cane fields

Rodrigue, John C. Reconstruction in the cane fields: from slavery to free labor in Louisiana's sugar parishes, 1862-1880. Louisiana State University Press, 2001. 

Recent articles and book chapters

Recent articles and book chapters citing the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections can be browsed below on JSTOR. Researchers with university or other research library affiliations may be able to access individual articles by logging in with their credentials. We also recommend searching for the book or journal title in the LSU library catalog to see if the publication is available to request through LSU Libraries. 

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