Arkansas History: A Brief Survey

Arkansas was once known as the Wonder State. It remains beguiling, in its beautiful and mystical scenery and in the diversity of its people; it is inspiring, in how those people have come back so often from the most heart-wrenching circumstances, and how so many of them have drawn strength from the place where they live; it is disturbing, in how so often prejudice and fear have steered it away from paths of progress when those paths were so clearly marked. But it still is a place to wonder at. This volume of Arkansas History: A Brief Survey, will provide students with an introduction to major themes, and the events and figures associated with them, of Arkansas history from its beginnings hundreds of years ago to the present. The author, an associate professor at Arkansas State University-Beebe, has developed the text and materials with instructors and students in mind, to provide a text that can be adapted to use with a variety of teaching methods.