A Southeastern Louisiana University professor has won the Michael V. R. Thomason Award given by the Gulf South Historical Association.
Samuel C. Hyde, who is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, won the award for his book “Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810-1935.”
The award recognized the book, published in 2018, for its understanding and awareness of the historical pattern of development in the Caribbean Basin and the Gulf South.
“Hyde’s exhaustively researched study of Louisiana’s Florida Parishes and its innovative use of game theory revolutionizes our understanding of southern violence and provides critical insight into possible solutions for the tradition of lawlessness that continues to plague the region,” Douglas Bristol, the award committee member from the University of Southern Mississippi, said.
Hyde will receive the award during the upcoming 36th Annual Gulf South History and Humanities Conference in Baton Rouge.
