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Old Southwest to Old South : Mississippi, 1798-1840 /
"Mississippi's foundational epoch-in which the state literally took shape-has for too long remained overlooked and shrouded in misunderstanding. Yet the years between 1798, when the Mississippi Territory was created, and 1840, when the maturing state came into its own as arguably the heart...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi for the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History,
[2023]
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| Colección: | Heritage of Mississippi series ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Becoming American
- Chapter 2: Tumultuous territorial government
- Chapter 3: The land of promise
- Chapter 4: New beginnings
- Chapter 5: War on the frontier
- Chapter 6: Twentieth star on the American flag
- Chapter 7: Land and labor
- Chapter 8: An agricultural economy
- Chapter 9: Dying (and living) in early Mississippi
- Chapter 10: Nurturing mind and spirit
- Chapter 11: Travel, trade, and urban centers
- Chapter 12: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.