The modernization of the Louisiana sugar industry, 1830-1910 /
John Alfred Heitmann.
- Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, c1987.
- xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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