The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest frontier, 1795-1817
This book relates the story of the Mississippi territory during the time when it was the southwest corner of the United States. Originally claimed by France and Spain, the territory was settled by new Americans after the Revolution. This is largely an economic and political history emphasizing the struggles between local and federal officials and the growth of the cotton industry and river trade
Print Book, English, ©2010
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, ©2010