Old Southwest to Old South: Mississippi, 1798-1840

by Mike Bunn and Clay Williams

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 of the antebellum South, was one of remarkable transformation. Beginning as a Native American homeland subject to contested claims by European colonial powers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496843800
• ISBN13: 9781496843807
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"