The Populist movement of the late nineteenth century represents one of the largest third-party challenges in American history. Throughout the South widespread d
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tens of thousands of Southern Italians and Sicilians immigrated to the American Gulf South. Arriving durin
When it comes to explaining the origins of electoral populism in the United States, we often look to the characteristics and conditions of voters, overlooking t
A remnant of the racist post-Reconstruction Redeemer sociopolitical agenda, Louisiana’s nonunanimous jury-verdict law permitted juries to convict criminal def
Covering the lively, even raucous, history of Louisiana from before First Contact through the Elections of 2012, this sixth edition of the classic Louisiana his