Author: George R. Lamplugh
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491768088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
George R. Lamplugh, a historian of Georgia and the South, explores some of his home states most fascinating historical events, beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the 1850s, in this well-researched collection of essays. He covers political factionalism during the American Revolution; the development of political parties in Georgia (which was different from the process in other states); and the impact of the Yazoo Land Fraud on Georgias political development. Some of the most fascinating essays focus on the maneuverings of individual politicians, such as William Few, who was determined to exert local influence after the American Revolution by having the Richmond County courthouse and jail, and hence the county polling place, constructed in the settlement of Brownsborough rather than in Augusta. More complex issues get equal treatment, such as how after the War of 1812, political parties in Georgia began to slowly adopt policies that were popular in other stateseven though that meant hurting Creeks, Cherokees, and slaves. While Georgia didnt always live up to democratic ideals, its political history teaches us a lot about our past and possible future.
In Pursuit of Dead Georgians
Author: George R. Lamplugh
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491768088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
George R. Lamplugh, a historian of Georgia and the South, explores some of his home states most fascinating historical events, beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the 1850s, in this well-researched collection of essays. He covers political factionalism during the American Revolution; the development of political parties in Georgia (which was different from the process in other states); and the impact of the Yazoo Land Fraud on Georgias political development. Some of the most fascinating essays focus on the maneuverings of individual politicians, such as William Few, who was determined to exert local influence after the American Revolution by having the Richmond County courthouse and jail, and hence the county polling place, constructed in the settlement of Brownsborough rather than in Augusta. More complex issues get equal treatment, such as how after the War of 1812, political parties in Georgia began to slowly adopt policies that were popular in other stateseven though that meant hurting Creeks, Cherokees, and slaves. While Georgia didnt always live up to democratic ideals, its political history teaches us a lot about our past and possible future.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491768088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
George R. Lamplugh, a historian of Georgia and the South, explores some of his home states most fascinating historical events, beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the 1850s, in this well-researched collection of essays. He covers political factionalism during the American Revolution; the development of political parties in Georgia (which was different from the process in other states); and the impact of the Yazoo Land Fraud on Georgias political development. Some of the most fascinating essays focus on the maneuverings of individual politicians, such as William Few, who was determined to exert local influence after the American Revolution by having the Richmond County courthouse and jail, and hence the county polling place, constructed in the settlement of Brownsborough rather than in Augusta. More complex issues get equal treatment, such as how after the War of 1812, political parties in Georgia began to slowly adopt policies that were popular in other stateseven though that meant hurting Creeks, Cherokees, and slaves. While Georgia didnt always live up to democratic ideals, its political history teaches us a lot about our past and possible future.
The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia
Author: Wilson Lumpkin
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Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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The House on Diamond Hill
Author: Tiya Miles
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story
A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff
Author: William Rawlings
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780881465525
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff recounts the rise and fall of Georgia's rural population as told through the story of Charles Graves Rawlings. His life followed the fortunes of cotton-based agriculture and Georgia's small towns after the Civil War. From modest beginnings as a liveryman, Rawlings acquired nearly 40,000 acres of land, as well as a bank, a railroad, and diverse other businesses. By 1920, he was one of the state's wealthier men, with a loving wife and family, and powerful political connections. Five years later he was facing a life sentence for his role in the alleged murder of his first cousin, Gus Tarbutton. The growth of wealth in rural Georgia during the first two decades of the twentieth century was dramatic, as was the economic crash of the so-called Great Recession of 1920/1921. While the rest of the nation recovered rapidly, transitioning to the era of the Roaring Twenties, the rural South remained mired in social and financial despair. The forces that led to this economic whipsaw were multiple, including the loosening of credit and inflation that accompanied and followed World War I, the effective monetization of cotton as a commodity, the competition for labor from the industrialized North, and the bubble in cotton prices that burst in 1920. Although the boll weevil arrived in the state in 1915, it was only in 1921 that the pest began to severely affect the cotton crop. By then other economic forces were in play, relegating the role of the weevil to that of delivering a final blow to an already moribund economy. This is the story of rural Georgia that foreshadowed our own day, our own story. Book jacket.
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ISBN: 9780881465525
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff recounts the rise and fall of Georgia's rural population as told through the story of Charles Graves Rawlings. His life followed the fortunes of cotton-based agriculture and Georgia's small towns after the Civil War. From modest beginnings as a liveryman, Rawlings acquired nearly 40,000 acres of land, as well as a bank, a railroad, and diverse other businesses. By 1920, he was one of the state's wealthier men, with a loving wife and family, and powerful political connections. Five years later he was facing a life sentence for his role in the alleged murder of his first cousin, Gus Tarbutton. The growth of wealth in rural Georgia during the first two decades of the twentieth century was dramatic, as was the economic crash of the so-called Great Recession of 1920/1921. While the rest of the nation recovered rapidly, transitioning to the era of the Roaring Twenties, the rural South remained mired in social and financial despair. The forces that led to this economic whipsaw were multiple, including the loosening of credit and inflation that accompanied and followed World War I, the effective monetization of cotton as a commodity, the competition for labor from the industrialized North, and the bubble in cotton prices that burst in 1920. Although the boll weevil arrived in the state in 1915, it was only in 1921 that the pest began to severely affect the cotton crop. By then other economic forces were in play, relegating the role of the weevil to that of delivering a final blow to an already moribund economy. This is the story of rural Georgia that foreshadowed our own day, our own story. Book jacket.
The Georgian Poets
Author: Rennie Parker
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 074630899X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This introductory study helps to set the Georgians in their original context, and revises the critical balance in favour of three lesser known writers whose contribution to early twentieth-century letters was viewed as significant before the 1930s.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 074630899X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This introductory study helps to set the Georgians in their original context, and revises the critical balance in favour of three lesser known writers whose contribution to early twentieth-century letters was viewed as significant before the 1930s.
Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends ...: Landmarks and memorials. Historical outlines, original settlers, and distinguished residents of the counties of Georgia
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
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The Georgian Era: Military and naval commanders. Judges and barristers. Physicians and surgeons
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Georgian Poetry
Author: Sir Edward Howard Marsh
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Georgian Poetry
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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The Georgian Era: Voyagers and travellers. Philosophers and men of science. Authors
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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