Arkansas: a Narrative History

Name: Arkansas: a Narrative History
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ISBN: 9781557287243

ISBN-10: 1557287244

ISBN-13: 9781557287243

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jeannie Whayne

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Four American scholars present this concise, one-volume history of Arkansas from prehistoric times to the present. Coverage includes an examination of Native American prehistory, emphasizing cultural developments within the changing environmental and social conditions; negotiations between Indians and immigrants during the colonial era; the unfoldi

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Publication date: 7/1/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.80" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



Native American Prehistory




Spanish and French Explorations in the Mississippi Valley




New Traditions for a New World: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Native Americans in Arkansas




Indians and Immigrants in the Arkansas Colonial Era




The Turbulent Path to Statehood: Arkansas Territory, 1803-1836




"The Rights and Rank to Which We Are Entitled": Arkansas in the Early Statehood Period




Prosperity and Peril: Arkansas in the Late Antebellum Period




"Between the Hawk & Buzzard": The Civil War in Arkansas




"A Harnessed Revolution": Reconstruction in Arkansas




Prosperity Eluded: Era of Transition, 1880-1900




Reasonable Progress: Limits of Progressive Reform




Darker Forces on the Horizon: Natural Disasters and Great Depression




Turmoil and Change: Toward a New Arkansas




Dramatic Departures: Political, Demographic, and Economic Realignment



Suggested Readings


Contributors


Index