300. Erin Stewart Mauldin

300. We interview Erin Stewart Mauldin about her book, Unredeemed Land. "Unredeemed Land is the first book to place the Civil War and emancipation at the center of the history of southern agriculture. Mauldin reveals how landscape destruction and social upheaval intersected with environmental change during these events, ultimately creating the Cotton South. Unredeemed Land is a must-read for anyone interested in southern history and environmental studies" (Megan Kate Nelson). — "Trained as an Environmental Historian, my work explores the intersection of race, economic inequality, and environment in the 19th-century U.S. South, bridging the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods. I borrow heavily from the natural sciences, geography, and environmental sociology to reframe the big questions of nineteenth-century southern history: slavery as capitalism, the impacts of the Civil War and emancipation on southern agriculture, economic stagnation in the shadow of 'King Cotton,' and, more recently, the twin processes of industrialization and urbanization."

1. This week in Louisiana history. February 18, 1699. Iberville sets out in search of the east fork of the Mississippi River.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On February 16, 1840, Margaret Haughery opened the first of four orphanages.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Krewe of Janus Mardi Gras Parade
   February 16th, 2019
   6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
   Streets of Monroe/West Monroe, LA
   Trenton St. in West Monroe, Louisville Ave and Downtown Monroe,
   Monroe, LA 71201
   318-323-0230
   Website
   The Krewe of Janus brings a family-friendly, traditional Mardi Gras Parade with marching units, floats, costumes and throws to Northeast Louisiana. This is an annual event with an average of 175,000 in attendance. The parade rolls at 6:00 p.m., starting in downtown West Monroe and crossing the bridge into Monroe. 2019 will be our 36th year.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas.

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