Mississippi: A Documentary History

by Bradley G. Bond

Book Overview

In America's collective imagination, Mississippi, a state that aptly may be described as the most southern place in America, is often deemed a sinister, forbidding landscape. While popular conceptions of other states are evoked by rosy likenesses chosen by promoters of tourism, the mere word Mississippi too often conjures thoughts of brutality, repression, and backwardness. To many outsiders, Mississippi's controversial history continues to resonate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578068436
• ISBN13: 9781578068432
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A good read

I found Bradley G. Bond's documentary to be very much in line with other accounts I've read concerning the history of my home state. Some facts, many facts, are ugly to look at but he presented them without bias, in my opinion. But even he acknowledged that bias is unavoidable due to the unavoidable requirement to decide which material to include and which material to exclude. Some might be angry at some of the material he included regarding our recent state flag debate or references to how bad we lag the nation in education. But we should be angry at that - because it is true. I found the book to be an interesting read and even learned some things about the state I've lived in for over forty years. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about Mississippi.