Publisher's Synopsis
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
