The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest frontier, 1795-1817 / Robert V. Haynes.

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Robert V.

Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.

Format/Description:

Book
viii, 431 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Mississippi -- History -- To 1803.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi.
Mississippi -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, Old.
Southwest, Old -- History.

Contents:

From province to territory
"His yankeeship"
Frontier democracy, republican style
An "insidious junto"
A territory in transition
Ruffians along the border
Security and settlements
"Some dark mysterious business"
The Williams imbroglio
Changing of the guard
Transformation of a territory
Natives and interlopers
Manifest destiny
The Mobile question
The Creek war
Holmes sweet Holmes
Statehood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813125770 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813125774 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

460059239

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