Preface to the Fourth Edition ixAbout the Companion Website xiii1 Native Ground 12 A Confluence of Empires 233 The Missouri Borderlands 434 Statehood and Beyond 635 The Age of Benton 856 Slavery in Missouri 1097 A Developing State 1298 Turmoil on the Border 1499 The Civil War 17110 Radical Rule 19511 The Gilded Age 21912 Angry Farmers and Urban Reformers 24113 Missouriana 26114 Out of the Mud 28315 The Pendergast Era 30516 Better Government in Missouri 32717 A Bellwether State 35118 Into the New Millennium 373Appendix 395List of Illustrations 399Index 405
WILLIAM E. PARRISH is Professor of History Emeritus at Mississippi State University.LAWRENCE O. CHRISTENSEN was Professor of History at Missouri University S&T.BRAD D. LOOKINGBILL is Professor of History at Columbia College of Missouri.