Winding through time the forgotten history and present-day peril of Bayou Manchac / [electronic resource] :
Mary Ann Sternberg.
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
- xii, 158 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references.
What is Manchac? -- Exploring the bayou -- Community development, then and now -- Iberville discovers the bayou -- The bayou has a split personality -- Colonial development begins with the French -- An international boundary -- The British settle the Manchac-- -- And the Spanish settle the Manchac -- What the Louisiana Purchase meant -- When Andrew Jackson dammed the bayou -- The bayou in the nineteenth century -- The biggest little village on the bayou -- When the woodmen came -- Prehistory redux -- A quiet stream and modern development -- Spirit of place -- Contemporary struggles-- and possibilities -- Where are the rose-colored glasses?
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Manchac, Bayou (La.)--History. Manchac, Bayou, Region (La.)--History. Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Environmental conditions. Manchac, Bayou, Region (La.)--Environmental conditions.