Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity
Essays on Race, Culture and Daily Life, 1885-1945
Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781476631929 | |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | June 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781476631929 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | June 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
