Comments on: Missouri: Promoting Diversity Key to Reclaiming Bellwether Crown

By: pabel

pabel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:09:25 +0000

Elrod — thanks for the suggestions on books.

Mike_P — That is probably more accurate wording, though I think the end result is the same.

By: Mike_P

Mike_P — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:03:24 +0000

I'm not sure describing Missouri as “becoming more traditional and less diverse” is the right way to look at it. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say it has not moved forward as rapidly as other bellwethers?

By: elrod

elrod — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:52:09 +0000

Missouri is, without a doubt, the most fascinating state in American history. I've written my dissertation – and soon to be book – about Missouri during the Civil War and Reconstruction ear. If anybody is interested in the crazy and often shockingly atrocious violence of Missouri during the Civil War, check out T. J. Stiles' “Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War.” Another great option is Michael Fellman's “Inside War,” about a guerrilla war in Missouri that resembled the Iraq War in many ways.

Anybody interested in the Show Me State should check these books out.