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The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest frontier, 1795-1817 /
Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. Since 1540, when Hernando de Soto of Spain journeyed across the Atlantic and became the first European to stumble across its borders, the territory has been the center of passio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. Since 1540, when Hernando de Soto of Spain journeyed across the Atlantic and became the first European to stumble across its borders, the territory has been the center of passionate international disagreements. After numerous boundary shifts, Mississippi was finally admitted as the twentieth state of the Union on December 10, 1817. In The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795-1817, Robert V. Haynes does more than recount history; he explores the political a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 431 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813173726 0813173728 9780813135434 0813135435 |