University Press Of Mississippi imprint: 979 books
Changing Channels
The Civil Rights Case that Transformed Television
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
In the years before the civil rights era, American broadcasting reflected the interests of the white mainstream, especially in the South. Today, the face of local television throughout the nation mirrors the diversity of the local populations. The impetus for change began in 1964, when the Office...
A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi
The Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2005
This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers...
by Elizabeth Connell Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2001
A concise overview of this complex affliction for all those affected by addiction -- addicts, family members, and even employers Download Plain Text version At least one of every four people in America has had some experience with addiction -- either personally or through a family member. Addiction...
by M.D., Benjamin Root
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
A patient's guide to panic disorder, panic attacks, and other stress-related maladies Download Plain Text version Twenty years ago panic disorder was often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Its symptoms frequently mimicked non-psychiatric diseases, making it a mystery to both doctors and patients....
by Dennis J. Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Creating the first comprehensive narrative of Mississippi since the bicentennial history was published in 1976, Dennis J. Mitchell recounts the vibrant and turbulent history of a Deep South state. The author has condensed the massive scholarship produced since that time into an appealing narrative,...
Mississippi in the Civil War
The Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. The invading Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations,...
Covering for the Bosses
Labor and the Southern Press
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and first-hand observer of the labor movement and its treatment in the region's newspapers and...
The Mississippi Secession Convention
Delegates and Deliberations in Politics and War, 1861-1865
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
The Mississippi Secession Convention is the first full treatment of any secession convention to date. Studying the Mississippi convention of 1861 offers insight into how and why southern states seceded and the effects of such a breech. Based largely on primary sources, this book provides a unique...
Wednesdays in Mississippi
Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
As tensions mounted before Freedom Summer, one organization tackled the divide by opening lines of communication at the request of local women: Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS). Employing an unusual and deliberately feminine approach, WIMS brought interracial, interfaith teams of northern middle-aged,...
And One Was a Priest
The Life and Times of Duncan M. Gray Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010
The story of the civil rights movement is not simply the history of its major players but is also the stories of a host of lesser-known individuals whose actions were essential to the movement's successes. Duncan M. Gray Jr., an Episcopal priest who served various Mississippi parishes between 1953...
Fish and Wildlife Management
A Handbook for Mississippi Landowners
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Featuring over five hundred illustrations and forty tables, this book is a collection of in-depth discussions by a tremendous range of experts on topics related to wildlife and fisheries management in Mississippi. Beginning with foundational chapters on natural resource history and conservation planning,...
Mississippi in the Civil War
The Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. From without, the Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations,...
No Small Thing
The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
The Mississippi Freedom Vote in 1963 consisted of an integrated citizens' campaign for civil rights. With candidates Aaron Henry, a black pharmacist from Clarksdale for governor, and Reverend Ed King, a college chaplain from Vicksburg for lieutenant governor, the Freedom Vote ran a platform aimed...
Hurricane Katrina
The Mississippi Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
This book presents the fullest account yet written of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, it tells the dramatic but underreported story of a people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty-five-thousand homes when the eye...