03151nam 2200577Ia 450 991079230500332120230725023540.01-282-57936-397866125793631-60473-452-3(CKB)2670000000029195(EBL)538042(OCoLC)645937952(SSID)ssj0000430891(PQKBManifestationID)11311151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430891(PQKBWorkID)10456582(PQKB)10388253(MiAaPQ)EBC538042(MdBmJHUP)muse13552(Au-PeEL)EBL538042(CaPaEBR)ebr10395130(CaONFJC)MIL257936(EXLCZ)99267000000002919520091211d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWeapons of Mississippi[electronic resource] /Kevin DoughertyJackson University Press of Mississippi20101 online resource (275 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-451-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Atlatls, bows and arrows, and striking weapons : weapons of the Mississippi Indians -- Guns, steel, and forts : weapons of the Europeans in Mississippi -- Militias, outlaws, and Kentucky rifles : weapons of territorial Mississippi -- Dueling and slavery : weapons of antebellum Mississippi -- Mississippi rifles : weapons of Mississippians in Mexico -- Ironclads and torpedoes : weapons on the water in Civil War Mississippi -- Siege guns and sabers : weapons on the land in Civil War Mississippi -- Rifles, bows, and guns : weapons of Mississippi hunters and private citizens -- Training camps and military mobilization : weapons of Mississippi during the two world wars -- Firebombs and ropes : weapons of terror in Mississippi -- Ships, aircraft, and artillery : weapons of Mississippi's post World War II military-industrial complex -- Nuclear testing : weapons of the atomic age in Mississippi.Mississippians have long found the need for an arsenal of interesting, lethal, and imaginative weapons. Native Americans, frontier outlaws, antebellum duelists, authorities and protestors in the civil rights struggle, and present-day hunters have used weapons to survive, to advance causes, or to levy societal control. In Weapons of Mississippi , Kevin Dougherty examines the roles weapons have played in twelve phases of state history. Dougherty not only offers technical background for these devices, but he also presents a new way of understanding the state's history-through the context and deveWeaponsMississippiHistoryMississippiHistoryMississippiHistory, MilitaryWeaponsHistory.623.409762Dougherty Kevin1471222MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792305003321Weapons of Mississippi3786195UNINA