{"product_id":"arkansas-a-concise-history-9781682260920","title":"Arkansas: A Concise History","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistilled from \u003ci\u003eArkansas: A Narrative History\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive work on the subject since its original publication in 2002, \u003ci\u003eArkansas: A Concise History\u003c\/i\u003e is a succinct one-volume history of the state from the prehistory period to the present. Featuring four historians, each bringing his or her expertise to a range of topics, this volume introduces readers to the major issues that have confronted the state and traces the evolution of those issues across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief review of Arkansas's natural history, readers will learn about the state's native populations before exploring the colonial and plantation eras, early statehood, Arkansas's entry into and role in the Civil War, and significant moments in national and global history, including Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, the Elaine race massacre, the Great Depression, both world wars, and the Civil Rights Movement. Linking these events together, Arkansas: A Concise History offers both an understanding of the state's history and a perspective on that history's implications for the political, economic, and social realities of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeannie M. Whayne is university professor at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDelta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA New Plantation South: Land, Labor, and Federal Favor in Twentieth Century Arkansas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas A. DeBlack is retired professor of history at Arkansas Tech University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWith Fire and Sword: Arkansas, 1861-1874\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Sabo III is professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas and director of the Arkansas Archeological Survey. His publications include \u003ci\u003eRock Art in Arkansas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaths of Our Children: Historic Indians of Arkansas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorris S. Arnold is a United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eColonial Arkansas, 1686-1804: A Social and Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumble of a Distant Drum: The Quapaws and Old World Newcomers, 1673-1804\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671027159314,"sku":"9781682260920","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b752288a-4917-4560-a3c9-dc1309ecb645.jpg?v=1733793388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/arkansas-a-concise-history-9781682260920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}