Missouri The Heart of the Nation

Name: Missouri The Heart of the Nation
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ISBN: 9780882959979

ISBN-10: 0882959972

ISBN-13: 9780882959979

Edition: 3rd 2004

Authors: William Earl Parrish, Charles T. Jones, Lawrence O. Christensen, Charles T. Jones

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Combining a chronological overview with topical development, this team of esteemed authors presents in engaging detail the rich and varied history of Missouri, a state that has played a pivotal role in the nation's history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. In a clear engaging style that all students of Missouri history are certain to enjoy, the authors explore such subjects as Missouri's Indian peoples, French and Spanish settlement, slavery, the American Civil War and Reconstruction, politics from territorial days to the present, cultural and industrial development, both world wars, historical and recent demographics, and the difficult choices that Missourians face regarding…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 473
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Introduction to the Third Edition



The Original Missourians



The French and the Spanish



The Coming of the Americans and the Statehood Crisis



Missouri and the Opening of the American West



The Age of Benton



Slavery in Missouri



Political Turmoil and the Kansas War



An Expanding Missouri, 1830-1860



The Civil War



Radical Rule



A Maturing Economy, 1860-1890



Angry Farmers and Urban Reformers



Missouri Develops Culturally



World War I and the 1920s



The Pendergast Era



The 1945 Constitution and Postwar Politics



An Urbanizing Missouri: Postwar Economic Development



Modern Missouri: Educational and Cultural Development



Missouri During the 1980s



Missouri Since the 1990s


Appendix


Index