Table of Contents

Chapter One Louisiana's Culture

Chapter Two Louisiana's Geography

Chapter Three Louisiana's Resources

Chapter Four Louisiana's Government

Chapter Five Louisiana's Early People

Chapter Six Louisiana's French Colonial Era

Chapter Seven Louisiana's Spanish Colonial Era

Chapter Eight Louisiana's Early American Era

Chapter Nine Antebellum Louisiana

Chapter Ten Louisiana's Civil War Era

Chapter Eleven Louisiana's Reconstruction Era

Chapter Twelve Louisiana's Transition Era

Chapter Thirteen Louisiana's Huey Long Era

Chapter Fourteen Louisiana's World War II Era

Chapter Fifteen Louisiana's Civil Rights Era

Chapter Sixteen Louisiana's Contemporary Era

Appendices

Appendix One Louisiana State Symbols

Appendix Two Louisiana Governors

Appendix Three Louisiana Parishes

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgments