{"product_id":"aint-there-no-more-louisianas-disappearing-coastal-plain-9781496809483","title":"Ain't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Louisiana Literary Award given by the Louisiana Library Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor centuries, outlanders have openly denigrated Louisiana's coastal wetlands residents and their stubborn refusal to abandon the region's fragile \u003ci\u003eprairies tremblants\u003c\/i\u003e despite repeated natural and, more recently, man-made disasters. Yet, the cumulative environmental knowledge these wetlands survivors have gained through painful experiences over the course of two centuries holds invaluable keys to the successful adaptation of modern coastal communities throughout the globe. As Hurricane Sandy recently demonstrated, coastal peoples everywhere face rising sea levels, disastrous coastal erosion, and, inevitably, difficult lifestyle choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the Bayou State's coast the most insidious challenges are man-made. Since channelization of the Mississippi River in the wake of the 1927 flood, which diverted sediments and nutrients from the wetlands, coastal Louisiana has lost to erosion, subsidence, and rising sea levels a land mass roughly twice the size of Connecticut. State and national policymakers were unable to reverse this environmental catastrophe until Hurricane Katrina focused a harsh spotlight on the human consequences of eight decades of neglect. Yet, even today, the welfare of Louisiana's coastal plain residents remains, at best, an afterthought in state and national policy discussions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor coastal families, the Gulf water lapping at the doorstep makes this morass by no means a scholarly debate over abstract problems. \u003ci\u003eAin't There No More\u003c\/i\u003e renders an easily read history filled with new insights and possibilities. Rare, previously unpublished images documenting a disappearing way of life accompany the narrative. The authors bring nearly a century of combined experience to distilling research and telling this story in a way invaluable to Louisianans, to policymakers, and to all those concerned with rising sea levels and seeking a long-term solution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl A. Brasseaux\u003c\/b\u003e, former director of the Center for Louisiana Studies and a Louisiana Writer of the Year, has spent a lifetime studying the peoples and cultures of the Louisiana coastal plain. He is author or coauthor of more than forty books including \u003ci\u003eAsian-Cajun Fusion: Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCreoles of Color in the Bayou Country\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eDonald W. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e has been involved for more than fifty years in coastal-related research on the wide array of renewable and nonrenewable resources vital to the use of the wetlands. His work has appeared in numerous journals including \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the American Association of Geographers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShore \u0026amp; Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Soil and Water Conservation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana Conservationists\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLouisiana History\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAsian-Cajun Fusion: Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi, and author of \u003ci\u003eWashed Away? The Invisible Peoples of Louisiana's Wetlands\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339094233362,"sku":"9781496809483","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01bd63f2-94ce-40f6-aa35-17857dcaad38.jpg?v=1727995784","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aint-there-no-more-louisianas-disappearing-coastal-plain-9781496809483","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}