TY - BOOK AU - Heitmann,John Alfred TI - The modernization of the Louisiana sugar industry, 1830-1910 SN - 0807113247 AV - HD 9107 .L8 H45 1987 U1 - 338.4/56641/09763 19 PY - 1987/// CY - Baton Rouge, LA PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - Sugar trade KW - Louisiana KW - Technological innovations KW - History N1 - 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 ER -