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Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity

- Essays on Race, Culture and Daily Life, 1885-1945

Om Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity

By the eve of the 20th century, Middle Georgia was a rural region transitioning from the aftermath of the Reconstruction Era into the modern age. This collection of new essays describes the lives of the common people of the day. A grisly mass murder underscored issues of race, class and poverty. African Americans struggled for self-betterment against the rise of Jim Crow. Women striving to overcome gender barriers found a hero in a pioneering female pilot. The government worked to protect communities from the influenza pandemic of 1918. Fighting boll weevils and declining cotton prices, farmers diversified crops and developed a national pimento pepper industry.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9781476666907
  • Format:
  • Häftad
  • Sidor:
  • 195
  • Utgiven:
  • 28. juni 2018
  • Mått:
  • 152x229x10 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 263 g.
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Leveranstid: 2-4 veckor
Förväntad leverans: 18. december 2024

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By the eve of the 20th century, Middle Georgia was a rural region transitioning from the aftermath of the Reconstruction Era into the modern age. This collection of new essays describes the lives of the common people of the day. A grisly mass murder underscored issues of race, class and poverty. African Americans struggled for self-betterment against the rise of Jim Crow. Women striving to overcome gender barriers found a hero in a pioneering female pilot. The government worked to protect communities from the influenza pandemic of 1918. Fighting boll weevils and declining cotton prices, farmers diversified crops and developed a national pimento pepper industry.

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