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Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity|Fred R. Van Hartesveldt

Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity : Essays on Race, Culture and Daily Life, 1885-1945

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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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  • ISBN-13: 9781476666907
  • ISBN-10: 1476666903
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company
  • Publish Date: August 2018
  • Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
  • Page Count: 195
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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