Mississippi : the name and the place
Two worlds collide : Spanish explorers and American indians
French colonies
The British period, 1763-1781
Spanish rule, 1781-1798
The territorial period, 1798-1817
The new state, 1817-1832
Antebellum politics
Antebellum life
Mounting sectional strife
Secession and Civil War
Reconstruction in Mississippi
Bourbons and populists
Into the twentieth century : economic and social trends
Progressive "rednecks"
A new era, the 1920s
The Depression years
A rich cultural heritage
The World War II era
The fifties
Religious life
The second Reconstruction
Times of transition
The social environment
Recent political trends
Tumultuous trends in education
Recent economic trends
Into the twenty-first century
Living in the twenty-first century
Appendix I: European rulers with relation to Mississippi during the colonial and territorial periods
Appendix II: Members of the U.S. Congress, 1817-1861
Appendix III: Mississippi symbols and facts
Appendix IV: Total population, 1800-2010
Appendix V: Racial population changes, 1800-2010.