{"product_id":"the-mississippi-encyclopedia-ted-ownby-9781628466928","title":"The Mississippi Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cb\u003eRecipient of the 2018 Special Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eRecipient of a 2018 Heritage Award for Education from the Mississippi Heritage Trust\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe perfect book for every Mississippian who cares about the state, this is a mammoth collaboration in which thirty subject editors suggested topics, over seven hundred scholars wrote entries, and countless individuals made suggestions. The volume will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about Mississippi and the people who call it home. The book will be especially helpful to students, teachers, and scholars researching, writing about, or otherwise discovering the state, past and present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume contains entries on every county, every governor, and numerous musicians, writers, artists, and activists. Each entry provides an authoritative but accessible introduction to the topic discussed. \u003ci\u003eThe Mississippi Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e also features long essays on agriculture, archaeology, the civil rights movement, the Civil War, drama, education, the environment, ethnicity, fiction, folklife, foodways, geography, industry and industrial workers, law, medicine, music, myths and representations, Native Americans, nonfiction, poetry, politics and government, the press, religion, social and economic history, sports, and visual art. It includes solid, clear information in a single volume, offering with clarity and scholarship a breadth of topics unavailable anywhere else. This book also includes many surprises readers can only find by browsing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Ownby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628466928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628466928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.80w x 3.10d","brand":"Ted Ownby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984722854143,"sku":"9781628466928","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_423c821f-bc10-4587-bd53-db418762d43b.jpg?v=1683273875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mississippi-encyclopedia-ted-ownby-9781628466928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}