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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 685 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama.(Review) (book review)
Author: Lee E. Ii Williams
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: 53Issue: 1Page: 181

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Gayle Graham Yates’s hometown sits on the banks of the Chickasawhay River, boasting the live oak, dogwood, and magnolia trees found throughout southern Mississippi.Like any place, Shubuta (population 650) is inhabited by good people and bad, by virtue and vice.Both a literary memoir and a cultural history, this book chronicles Yates’s return to the town in which she first knew goodness and came to recognize immorality.Blending folklore and personal impressions with the words of Shubuta people telling their own stories, Yates offers a rich narrative of the town from its Choctaw prehistory through the tremendous economic, political, racial, and social changes that led to its present.

The author’s pilgrimage leads us to the Hanging Bridge, where some black Shubutans were lynched; to a bank that did not fail during the Great Depression; and to the office of the doctor who tends broken hearts as well as broken arms.Yates takes us to Shubuta’s most beautiful gardens and ugliest vacant lots, to all the stores in town, to the new post office, and to the town hall.In the process, we learn how Shubuta evolved from a racially stratified town to one in which the descendants of slaves are now political leaders, librarians, business owners, and police officials.Yates also tells of her own moral journey from judgmental young activist to middle-aged scholar mellowed by experience, travel, and reading who sees her home with newfound compassion.Ultimately, she shows us Small Town southern America: a strong, frail, fascinating, and complex human community. ... Read more

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The Mississippi River has influenced the economy, domestic life, culture, politics, and rhythms of American daily life. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1813 gave the river a central part in the evolution of the United States. Events such as the birth of jazz and technological advances such as the steamboat solidified its place in American lore. Pabis's rich thematic chapters detail the daily lives of those living along the Mississippi and the culture that surrounded it, from the Native Americans at Cahokia to the rise of major port cities such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and St. Paul. Readers will learn how the river's transportation economy fed America's agricultural heartland, how ethnic ties and technological advances affected home and family life, and how the region's current residents still cope with living in a flood culture. An ideal resource for students of American history.

Pabis's rich thematic chapters explore many aspects of daily life, including the influence of the Trans-Atlantic fur trade on the lives of Native tribes; how the river's transportation economy fed America's agricultural heartland; the effects of ethnic ties and Jim Crow laws on the river communities, the development of food production and cuisine; and how present-day residents cope with life in a flood culture, including the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Mark Twain once called the Mississippi the Body of the Nation. Readers will learn how this influential region lived and breathed from day to day, from pre-Columbian times to the present. An ideal reference source for any student of American history and culture.

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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on September 6, 2004. The length of the article is 891 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MDA will gauge towns' curb appeal.(Mississippi Development Authority)
Author: Lynn Lofton
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 6, 2004
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 26Issue: 36Page: A1(2)

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: Sketch of a Journey Through the Western States of North America : From New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, City of Cincinnati and Falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827; Original Publisher: London : J. Miller; Publication date: 1827; Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio River Valley; Mississippi River Valley; United States; Ludlow (Ky.); Hygeia (Ky.); Ohio valley; Mississippi Valley; ... Read more

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Chapters: Meridian, Mississippi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 626. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Meridian, Mississippi -A monument in Rose Hill Cemetery honoring Lewis A. Ragsdale, one of the founders of Meridian.Originally inhabited by the Choctaw Native Americans, the area which is now called Meridian was purchased by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. After the treaty was ratified, European-American settlers began to move into the area. Richard McLemore, the first settler of Meridian, began offering free land to newcomers in order to attract more settlers to the region and develop the area. Most of Richard McLemore's land was bought by Lewis A. Ragsdale, a lawyer from Alabama, in 1853. John T. Ball, a merchant from Kemper County, bought the remaining 80 acres (0.32 km). Ragsdale and Ball, now known as the founders of the city, began laying out lots for new development on their respective land sections. Ball erected a station house on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad named Sowashee by the owners of the railroad after the nearby Sowashee Creek. Fierce competition continued between Ball and Ragsdale; Ragsdale wanted to name the new settlement Ragsdale City, and Ball (along with most citizens) supported Meridian. When the Southern Railway of Mississippi intersected the Mobile and Ohio in Meridian, William Crosby Smedes, the president of the Southern Railway, sided with Ball and suggested to the owners of the Mobile and Ohio that Sowashee be renamed Meridian. The Mobile and Ohio accepted the name, and the town was officially incorporated as Meridian on February 10, 1860. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman invaded Meridian in 1864When the American Civil War began in 1861, Meridian was a small village. The town's strategic position...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=106031 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Chapters: Museums in Jackson, Mississippi, Museums in Natchez, Mississippi, Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Longwood (Natchez, Mississippi), Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Natchez National Historical Park, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, the Oaks House Museum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, formerly the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, is a non-profit Jewish organization based in Jackson, Mississippi that provides a variety of educational, cultural and religious services to underserved Jewish communities throughout the South. Founded in 1986 as the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life provides educational and rabbinic services to isolated Jewish communities, documents and preserves the rich history of the Southern Jewish experience, and promotes a Jewish cultural presence. Macy B. Hart, a longtime director of the Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, Mississippi, established the Museum in an effort to preserve the artifacts and history of small Jewish communities across the South in risk of extinction. In 2000, Hart expanded the museum into the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Incorporating the research and historic preservation work of the Museum, the Institute opened in Jackson and created new departments of Rabbinic Services, Education, and Cultural Programs. Funded by both large foundations and individual patrons, the Institute serves the spiritual, educational, and cultural needs of isolated and underserved Jewish communities in the South. Many of communities have neither a full-time rabbi nor a full-time Jewish educator. In turn, the Institute supports these c...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12226139 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on February 25, 2002. The length of the article is 880 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Greenville Higher Education Center has stellar first year. (Delta & River Cities).(Brief Article)
Author: Elizabeth Kirkland
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 25, 2002
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 24Issue: 8Page: 15(1)

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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on March 25, 2002. The length of the article is 831 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: As good as it gets? Delta coming up in high-technology world. (Delta & River Cities).(Mississippi Delta)(Brief Article)
Author: Elizabeth Kirkland
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 25, 2002
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 24Issue: 12Page: 32(1)

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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on October 28, 2002. The length of the article is 590 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Indianola catfish plant upgrade could lead to better sales: funds from USDA loan make way for sea of new equipment. (Regional: Delta & River Cities).(Mississippi)
Author: Elizabeth Kirkland
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 28, 2002
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 24Issue: 43Page: 12(1)

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College City, Mississippi (TM) describes the college scene of Hattiesburg and Southern Miss. The College City (TM) Top Ten Book highlights the top ten places that makes Hattiesburg one of the premier college scenes in America South. ... Read more