The modernization of the Louisiana sugar industry, 1830-1910 / John Alfred Heitmann.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, c1987.Description: xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0807113247
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/56641/09763 19
LOC classification:
  • HD 9107 .L8 H45 1987
Contents:
I. The French connection -- 2. Local institutions and the adoption of scientific and technical innovations, 1830 - 1861 -- 3. Post-civil war developments and the rise of the German beet industry -- 4. Planters in power : The Louisiana Sugars Planters' Association -- 5. Responding to competition -- 6. Planters and the United States Department of Agriculture : Compromise and Accommodation -- 7. The great experiment -- 8. Agricultral research
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 273-289.

I. The French connection -- 2. Local institutions and the adoption of scientific and technical innovations, 1830 - 1861 -- 3. Post-civil war developments and the rise of the German beet industry -- 4. Planters in power : The Louisiana Sugars Planters' Association -- 5. Responding to competition -- 6. Planters and the United States Department of Agriculture : Compromise and Accommodation -- 7. The great experiment -- 8. Agricultral research

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