| Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity: Essays on Race, Culture and Daily Life, 1885-1945 Contributor(s): Van Hartesveldt, Fred R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1476666903 ISBN-13: 9781476666907 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 975.8 |
| LCCN: 2018020608 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.57 lbs) 195 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |