Daily Life along the Mississippi

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The Mississippi River has influenced the economy, domestic life, culture, politics, and rhythms of American day by day life. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1813 gave the river a central part in the evolution of the USA. Events such as the birth of jazz and technological advances such as the steamboat solidified its place in American lore. Pabis’s wealthy thematic chapters detail the day by day lives of those living along the Mississippi and the culture that surrounded it, from the Native Americans at Cahokia to the upward thrust of major port cities such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and St. Paul. Readers will find out how the river’s transportation economy fed The united states’s agricultural heartland, how ethnic ties and technological advances affected home and circle of relatives life, and how the region’s current residents still take care of living in a flood culture. An ideal resource for students of American history.

Pabis’s wealthy thematic chapters explore many aspects of day by day life, including the influence of the Trans-Atlantic fur trade on the lives of Native tribes; how the river’s transportation economy fed The united states’s agricultural heartland; the effects of ethnic ties and Jim Crow laws on the river communities, the development of food production and cuisine; and how present-day residents take care of life in a flood culture, including the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Mark Twain once referred to as the Mississippi the Body of the Nation. Readers will find out how this influential region lived and breathed from each day, from pre-Columbian times to the present. An ideal reference source for any student of American history and culture.

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