The Mississippi Encyclopedia
2017
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- About this editionISBN: 9781496811592, 1496811593Page count: 1,600Published: May 25, 2017Format: EbookPublisher: University Press of MississippiLanguage: EnglishEditors: Ann J. Abadie, Charles Reagan Wilson, James G. Thomas Jr., Odie Lindsey, Ted OwnbyRecipient of the 2018 Special Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters and Recipient of a 2018 Heritage Award for Education from the Mississippi Heritage Trust
The perfect book for every Mississippian who cares about the state, this is a mammoth collaboration in which thirty subject editors suggested topics, over seven hundred scholars wrote entries, and countless individuals made suggestions. The volume will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about Mississippi and the people who call it home. The book will be especially helpful to students, teachers, and scholars researching, writing about, or otherwise discovering the state, past and present.
The volume contains entries on every county, every governor, and numerous musicians, writers,...Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessGet bookBuy DigitalThis editionAny editionNo results for this editionBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeOther editions20172017May 25, 2017University Press of MississippiUniversity Press of MississippiUniversity Press of MississippiHardcoverEbookEbook1451 pages1600 pages1600 pagesCommon terms and phrasesactivistsAdams CountyAfrican AmericanagriculturalAlabamaAlcornArtartistsbecamebeganBiloxibluesBolivar CountybornBrowncareercatfishCentercenturyCharlesChickasawChoctawChurchcivil rights movementClarkCoahoma CountyCollegeConfederatecottonCouncilCountycounty’scourtcultureDavisDemocraticDepartment of ArchivesearlyeconomicelectedestablishedfarmfarmersFaulknerfederalMore terms and phrasesShow lessSimilar booksEncyclopedia of Southern CultureBy William R. FerrisThe American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners. The region is often shrouded ...About the workOriginally published: 2017Genre: EncyclopediaSubject: History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), Reference / Encyclopedias, Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Mississippi -- EncyclopediasMORE