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Mississippi
A History
Westley F. Busbee, Jr (Author)
9781118755907, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 2 January 2015
528 pages
23.9 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.794 kg
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.
List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgments xi Map: Mississippi’s Place in the United States xiii Map: The State of Mississippi xiv 1 Mississippi: The Name and the Place 1 2 Two Worlds Collide: Spanish Explorers and American Indians 10 3 French Colonies 23 4 The British Period, 1763–1781 37 5 Spanish Rule, 1781–1798 45 6 The Territorial Period, 1798–1817 54 7 The New State, 1817–1832 69 8 Antebellum Politics 89 9 Antebellum Life 100 10 Mounting Sectional Strife 121 11 Secession and Civil War 132 12 Reconstruction in Mississippi 152 13 Bourbons and Populists 169 14 Into the Twentieth Century: Economic and Social Trends 187 15 Progressive “Rednecks” 205 16 A New Era: The 1920s 219 17 The Depression Years 234 18 A Rich Cultural Heritage 247 19 The World War II Era 269 20 The 1950s 282 21 Religious Life 296 22 The Second Reconstruction 308 23 Times of Transition 330 24 The Social Environment 350 25 Recent Political Trends 365 26 Tumultuous Trends in Education 380 27 Recent Economic Trends 400 28 Into the Twenty-First Century 424 29 Living in the Twenty-First Century 442 Appendix I: European Rulers with Relation to Mississippi During the Colonial and Territorial Periods 463 Appendix II: Members of the U.S. Congress, 1817–1861 467 Appendix III: Mississippi Symbols and Facts 481 Appendix IV: Total Population, 1800–2010 482 Appendix V: Racial Population Changes, 1800–2010 483 Selected Bibliography of Mississippi History 485 Index 496
Subject Areas: History [HB]
