Mississippi
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Mississippi

A History

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eBook - ePub

Mississippi

A History

About this book

The second edition of Mississippi: A History features a series of revisions and updates to its comprehensive coverage of Mississippi state history from the time of the region's first inhabitants into the 21st century. 

  • Represents the only available comprehensive textbook on Mississippi history specifically for use in college-level courses
  • Features an engaging narrative mix of topical and chronological chapters
  • Includes chapter objectives that may be used by professors and students
  • Offers coverage of Mississippi's major political, economic, social, and cultural developments
  • Presents two entirely new chapters on important 21st-century developments in Mississippi
  • Contains expanded coverage of slavery in Mississippi history
  • Includes completely up-to-date chapter sources, selected bibliography, and subject index

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781118755907
eBook ISBN
9781118755921
Edition
2
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Preface and Acknowledgments
  6. Map: Mississippi’s Place in the United States
  7. Map: The State of Mississippi
  8. Chapter 1: Mississippi
  9. Chapter 2: Two Worlds Collide
  10. Chapter 3: French Colonies
  11. Chapter 4: The British Period, 1763–1781
  12. Chapter 5: Spanish Rule, 1781–1798
  13. Chapter 6: The Territorial Period, 1798–1817
  14. Chapter 7: The New State, 1817–1832
  15. Chapter 8: Antebellum Politics
  16. Chapter 9: Antebellum Life
  17. Chapter 10: Mounting Sectional Strife
  18. Chapter 11: Secession and Civil War
  19. Chapter 12: Reconstruction in Mississippi
  20. Chapter 13: Bourbons and Populists
  21. Chapter 14: Into the Twentieth Century
  22. Chapter 15: Progressive “Rednecks”
  23. Chapter 16: A New Era: The 1920s
  24. Chapter 17: The Depression Years
  25. Chapter 18: A Rich Cultural Heritage
  26. Chapter 19: The World War II Era
  27. Chapter 20: The 1950s
  28. Chapter 21: Religious Life
  29. Chapter 22: The Second Reconstruction
  30. Chapter 23: Times of Transition
  31. Chapter 24: The Social Environment
  32. Chapter 25: Recent Political Trends
  33. Chapter 26: Tumultuous Trends in Education
  34. Chapter 27: Recent Economic Trends
  35. Chapter 28: Into the Twenty-First Century
  36. Chapter 29: Living in the Twenty-First Century
  37. Appendix I: European Rulers with Relation to Mississippi During the Colonial and Territorial Periods
  38. Appendix II: Members of the U.S. Congress, 1817–1861
  39. Apendix III: Mississippi Symbols and Facts
  40. Appendix IV: Total Population, 1800–2010
  41. Appendix V: Racial Population Changes, 1800–2010
  42. Selected Bibliography of Mississippi History
  43. Index
  44. End User License Agreement