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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460091303321

Titolo

Cornerstones of Georgia history [[electronic resource] ] : documents that formed the state / / edited by Thomas A. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens [Ga.], : University of Georgia Press, c1995

ISBN

1-283-03134-5

9786613031341

0-8203-4022-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottThomas Allan

Disciplina

975.8

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Georgia History Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Spain and the Native Americans: The Guale Revolt, 1597""; ""2. Cherokees and Creeks: Traditional Cultures and the Anglo-Saxon Encounter""; ""3. Trustees and Malcontents: The Colonial Controversy over Slavery and Georgia's Future""; ""4. Patriots and Loyalists: Georgia on the Eve of the Revolution""; ""5. The State of Georgia and the Cherokees: The Debate over Indian Removal""; ""6. Slavery in Antebellum Georgia""; ""7. Secessionists and Cooperationists: The Decision to Leave the Union""

""8. The Federal Occupation of Georgia, 1864: Perspectives of North Georgia Women""""9. Reconstruction in Georgia""; ""10. Postwar Poverty: Fault of the North or the South?""; ""11. ""Jim Crow"" Georgia and Its Leaders, Black and White""; ""12. The Leo Frank Case""; ""13. Georgia's Rejection of Woman Suffrage""; ""14. Crisis in Agriculture: The Great Migration, Boll Weevil Invasion, and Great Depression""; ""15. Moving toward the Mainstream: Georgia in the 1940's""; ""16. The Integration of Public Schools and Colleges""

""17. The Rise of a Future President: The Gubernatorial Inauguration of Jimmy Carter""""18. Economic Development and Quality of Life: The Debate over a Hazardous Waste Facility for Taylor County""; ""Appendix: Questions to Consider""; ""Index"";