{"product_id":"crossroads-cutoffs-and-confluences-origins-of-louisiana-cities-towns-and-villages-9780807185100","title":"Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Campanella's \u003ci\u003eCrossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences\u003c\/i\u003e tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of cities, towns, and villages where most Louisianians live now. Campanella illuminates why these communities formed where they did, be they at river confluences, forks, crossroads, heads of navigation, ferry landings, shortcuts, portages, resource-extraction sites, or railroad stations, and explores other spatial factors that initially attracted settlers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of these \u003ci\u003eraisons d'?tre\u003c\/i\u003e have faded into the past. People no longer settle in Alexandria, for example, on account of the Red River rapids; nor do they reside in Breaux Bridge because of Breaux's footbridge over Bayou Teche, or in Cut Off because its canal cut off days of arduous travel. Nevertheless, residents of those communities can trace \u003ci\u003eevery movement of their lives\u003c\/i\u003e to those forgotten reckonings, made at a time when history cast those geographies as critical to the comings and goings of their forebears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers curious about the origins of Louisiana's cities, towns, and villages can turn to \u003ci\u003eCrossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences\u003c\/i\u003e for answers to that most fundamental question of human geography: Why are we here?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Campanella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.99h x 7.10w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807185100","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43914151133321,"sku":"9780807185100","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_8d71787d-7e29-4142-831a-94bc9f3c389e.jpg?v=1745300649","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/crossroads-cutoffs-and-confluences-origins-of-louisiana-cities-towns-and-villages-9780807185100","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}