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Books on: mississippi

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Mississippi Archaeology Q and A

Book by Evan Peacock; University Press of Mississippi, 2005

Subjects:

Archaeology--Mississippi--Miscellanea, Excavations (Archaeology)--Mississippi--Miscellanea, Historic Sites--Mississippi--Miscellanea, Indians Of North America--Mississippi--Antiquities--Miscellanea, Mississippi--Antiquities--Miscellanea

Collections: History, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI ARCHAEOLOGY A Late Archaic-period stone tablet from the Jaketown site, Humphreys County This...inches) long and probably dates to between about 1000 and 1500 e c Photo courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History MISSISSIPPI ARCHAEOLOGY Q A EVAN PEACOCK UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI / JACKSON www.upress.state...
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Mississippi: A Documentary History

Book by Bradley G. Bond; University Press of Mississippi, 2003

Subjects:

Mississippi--History--Chronology, Mississippi--History--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI A Documentary History BRADLEY G. BOND University Press of Mississippi/ Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright...
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Religion in Mississippi

Book by Randy J. Sparks; University Press of Mississippi, 2001

Subjects:

Mississippi--Church History, Mississippi--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Religion in Mississippi Religion in Mississippi HERITAGE OF MISSISSIPPI SERIES William F. Winter John Ray Skates, Jr. David Sansing Alferdteen Harrison Elbert R. Hilliard Roy V. Scott Christine Wilson HERITAGE OF MISSISSIPPI SERIES...
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The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Civil Rights and States' Rights

Book by Yasuhiro Katagiri; University Press of Mississippi, 2001

Subjects:

African Americans--Civil Rights--Mississippi--History--20th Century, African Americans--Segregation--Mississippi--History--20th Century, Civil Rights Movements--Mississippi--History--20th Century, Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission--History, Mississippi--Politics And Government--1951-, Mississippi--Race Relations, State Rights--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SOVEREIGNTY COMMISSION THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SOVEREIGNTY COMMISSION Civil Rights and States Rights Yasuhiro Katagiri University Press of Mississippi Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us Copyright @ 2001...
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Slavery and Frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835

Book by David J. Libby; University Press of Mississippi, 2004

Subjects:

Frontier And Pioneer Life--Mississippi, Frontier And Pioneer Life--Mississippi--Natchez (District), Mississippi--History--To 1803, Natchez (Miss. : District)--History--18th Century, Natchez (Miss. : District)--History--19th Century, Plantation Life--Mississippi--History, Plantation Life--Mississippi--Natchez (District)--History, Slavery--Mississippi--History--18th Century, Slavery--Mississippi--History--19th Century, Slavery--Mississippi--Natchez (District)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

SLAVERY AND FRONTIER MISSISSIPPI 1720-1835 SLAVERY AND FRONTIER MISSISSIPPI 1720-1835 David J. Libby University Press of Mississippi -Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the...

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Journal Articles on: mississippi

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Faulkner and the "Doomed Wilderness" of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta

Journal article by Mikko Saikku; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 58, 2005

Subjects:

American writers--Works, Authors, American--Works, Environmental degradation--Mississippi, Environmental degradation--Portrayals, Faulkner, William--Works, Mississippi--Environmental aspects, Mississippi--History, Mississippi--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the "Doomed Wilderness" of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. by Mikko Saikku WHILE...of the old-growth forest in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta (Go Down, Moses 178, Reivers738...portrayal of the human takeover of the Mississippi bottomlands with the documented lumbering...
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Lawrence Wells of Oxford: An Interview

Journal article by Charles Chappell; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995

Subjects:

Authors--Interviews, Oxford, Mississippi--Literature, Wells, Lawrence--Interviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...early decades of this century Oxford, Mississippi, has served as the residence of some...the Civil War Roundtable in Jackson, Mississippi, and a lecture by a retired lieutenant...as a second lieutenant just out of Mississippi State R.O.T.C. Subsequently I did...
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Through a Glass Eye, Darkly: The Skeptic Design of 'Life on the Mississippi.'

Journal article by Earl F. Briden; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995

Subjects:

Mississippi River--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Twain, Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the skeptic design of Life on the Mississippi. by Earl F. Briden Mark Twains Life on the Mississippi is generally regarded as an uneven...them to expand "Old Times on the Mississippi," his 1875 Atlantic articles, into...
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Mississippi Archaeology Q & A

Journal article by James Taylor Carson; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Mississippi Archaeology Q & A (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Mississippi Archaeology Q A. by James Taylor Carson Mississippi Archaeology Q A, by Evan Peacock. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. x, 149 pp. $50.00 cloth, $22.00 paper. I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO EVAN...
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A Fire-Eater Remembers: The Confederate Memoirs of Robert Barnwell Rhett

Journal article by Carlton Jackson; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002

Subjects:

A Fire-Eater Remembers: the Confederate Memoirs of Robert Barnwell Rhett (Book), Apostles of Disunion; Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War (Book), Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi: Masculinity, Honor and the Antiparty Tradition, 1830-1860 (Book), The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens (Book)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi: Masculinity, Honor and the Antiparty...states rights and slavery. At least with Mississippi, however, Professor Christopher J. Olsen...as the ultimate act of masculinity. Mississippi, he tells us, had a strong--very strong...

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Magazine Articles on: mississippi

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Mississippi Economic Outlook: Countdown to Take-Off

Magazine article by Marianne T. Hill; Business Perspectives, Vol. 18, Winter 2007

Subjects:

Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Mississippi, Economic indicators--Forecasts and trends, Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Economic aspects, Mississippi--Economic aspects

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Mississippi Economic Outlook: Countdown to Take-Off. by Marianne T. Hill Mississippis economy is back on track, after being slammed by Hurricane...the state. Total gaming revenues for both Coast and Mississippi River casinos in September were above the levels of...
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Mississippi Gambles: The Carpetbaggers Are Back

Magazine article by Ben C. Toledano; National Review, Vol. 49, April 7, 1997

Subjects:

Casinos--Mississippi, Gambling industry--Mississippi, Mississippi

Collections: Entire Library

Mississippi Gambles: The Carpetbaggers Are Back. by Ben C. Toledano In February, the House of the Mississippi Legislature passed a bill amending the statute which...passage this way: ". . . the legalization of casinos in Mississippi makes the gambling requirement unfair. You know now...
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Mississippi Monte Carlo

Magazine article by Christina Schwarz, Benjamin Schwarz; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, January 1996

Subjects:

Segregation--Mississippi

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Mississippi Monte Carlo. by Christina Schwarz , Benjamin Schwarz Tunica County, Mississippi, was notorious as the poorest county in the poorest...Tunicas unemployment levels were among the highest in Mississippi, and many of those who had jobs did not make enough...
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Mississippi Economic Outlook: Reconstruction Boom to Propel Economy

Magazine article by Marianne T. Hill; Business Perspectives, Vol. 17, Spring 2006

Subjects:

Economic forecasting, Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Economic aspects, Hurricanes--Economic aspects, Hurricanes--Mississippi, Mississippi--Economic aspects, Post-disaster reconstruction

Collections: Entire Library

Mississippi Economic Outlook: Reconstruction Boom to Propel Economy...sharply in September after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Mississippi Coast August 29. Normal activity ground to a halt, as...immediate aftermath. Over 20 percent of the customers of Mississippi Power in the three coastal counties were unable to accept...
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Focus on ... Mississippi

Magazine article by Bob Bullock; PSA Journal, Vol. 56, January 1990

Subjects:

Camera clubs--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Jackson, Mississippi--Description and travel, Photography--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

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Focus on ... Mississippi by Bob Bullock Focus on... MISSISSIPPI Dr. Ralph Venk and the Gulf States Camera Council will "Focus On Mississippi" when their annual convention is held in Jackson, Mississippi April 26-28, 1990. Its...

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Newspaper Articles on: mississippi

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Chamber of Commerce Battles with Mississippi

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 10, 2002

Subjects:

Mississippi

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Chamber of Commerce battles with Mississippi Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON...its anti-business practices, saying Mississippi has become a haven for excessive lawsuits...started an advertising campaign urging Mississippi residents to reform the states legal...
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Tobacco Industry Agrees to Settle: Mississippi Will Get $3.4 Billion

Newspaper article by Samuel Goldreich; The Washington Times, July 4, 1997

Subjects:

Mississippi

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Tobacco industry agrees to settle: Mississippi will get $3.4 billion by Samuel...tobacco industry agreed yesterday to pay Mississippi more than $3 billion to settle a lawsuit...proposed national tobacco settlement. Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore said he...
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Mississippi Builds Davis Library and Museum

Newspaper article by Edward C. Smith; The Washington Times, February 22, 1997

Subjects:

Davis, Jefferson, Mississippi

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Mississippi builds Davis library and museum by Edward C...ambitious project is being funded entirely by the state of Mississippi, even though Davis was born in Kentucky. What is more...about this newest memorial to Jefferson Davis is that Mississippi is the blackest state in the Union and the one that...
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Anti-Gambling Speech Riles Mississippi, N.J

Newspaper article by Leslie Koren; The Washington Times, June 17, 1998

Subjects:

Fordice, Kirk, Mississippi

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Anti-gambling speech riles Mississippi, N.J by Leslie Koren...didnt sit well in the capitals of Mississippi and New Jersey. Mr. Glendening...out of business. In Gulfport, Mississippi, the crime rate skyrocketed after...
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Mississippi Voters May Decide Flag's Fate

Newspaper article by Robert Stacy Mccain; The Washington Times, December 13, 2000

Subjects:

Mississippi

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Mississippi voters may decide flags fate by Robert Stacy...A state commission yesterday recommended that Mississippi hold a referendum next year on whether to keep the...adopted in 1894 to honor the Confederate service of Mississippians in the Civil War - should be abandoned in favor of...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: mississippi

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Mississippi , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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MISSISSIPPI , state, United States mis sip e, one of the...and Louisiana, with most of the border formed by the Mississippi R. (W), and Tennessee (N). Facts and Figures...tree, magnolia. Abbr., Miss.; MS Geography Mississippis generally hilly landscape reaches its highest point...
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Mississippi , River, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI , river, United States river, principal river of the United States...Missouri River, the chief of its numerous tributaries. The combined Missouri-Mississippi system (from the Missouris headwaters in the Rocky Mts. to the mouth of the Mississippi River) is c.3,740 mi (6,020 km) long and ranks as the worlds third longest...
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Mississippi Scheme

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI SCHEME plan formulated by John Law for the colonization and commercial exploitation of the Mississippi valley and other French colonial areas. In 1717 the...renamed the Compagnie des Indes (but commonly known as the Mississippi Company), was given, among other privileges, the right...
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Mississippi State University for Women

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN at Columbus; the first state-supported womens college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State College for Women 1920, achieved university status 1974. It has graduate programs...
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Mississippi State University

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational...mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. It has programs in arts and sciences, architecture...

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