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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778992403321

Autore

Spalding Phinizy

Titolo

Oglethorpe in perspective [[electronic resource] ] : Georgia's founder after two hundred years

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2009

ISBN

0-585-11898-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JacksonHarvey H

Disciplina

975.8/02/0924

975.8020924

975.8020924B

Soggetti

Georgia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Governors - Georgia - Biography

Oglethorpe, James Edward

Georgia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Circles in the Sand Perspectives on the Southern Frontier at the Arrival of James Oglethorpe; 2. Oglethorpe and the Earliest Maps of Georgia; 3. Parson and Squire James Oglethorpe and the Role of the Anglican Church in Georgia, 1733-1736; 4. James Edward Oglethorpe, Race, and Slavery A Reassessment; 5. Oglethorpe, William Stephens, and the Origin of Georgia Politics; 6. Oglethorpe's Contest for the Backcountry, 1733-1749; 7. James Oglethorpe in Europe Recent Findings in His Military Life; 8. Oglethorpe and James Wright A Georgia Comparison

9. The Search for Authentic Icons of James Edward OglethorpeNotes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nine essays that attempt to answer some of the questions that continually surface when Oglethorpe's name is mentioned.