Arkansas has frequently been omitted from surveys of the South and from national history. One reason has been the limited archival resources; another, the absence of a university press. Recently, however, archives have proliferated, and a solid mass of scholarship has come from the University of Arkansas Press and the Arkansas Historical Society. This bibliography shows that there is no shortage of research materials on Arkansas. The only full bibliography on Arkansas, it provides an essential guide for historians and librarians wishing to bring Arkansas into the mainstream of America...
Arkansas has frequently been omitted from surveys of the South and from national history. One reason has been the limited archival resources; anoth...
This book fills a long standing gap in state histories dealing with the period of the Civil War in the western frontier that was Arkansas. Based on newspaper articles, legal documents, letters, diaries, reminiscences, songs, and official military reports, Dougan s account provides a full picture of the political situation just prior to the war, and set the stage for the state s entry into the war despite the fate that only a third of the population supported secession."
This book fills a long standing gap in state histories dealing with the period of the Civil War in the western frontier that was Arkansas. Based on ne...