Georgia: A Brief History

by Christopher C. Meyer, David Williams

Overview

Here, for the first time is a brief, balanced, and up-to-date history of Georgia from the early Native Americans to the twenty-first century. Based on the most recent research, GEORGIA: A BRIEF HISTORY surveys the people and events that shaped our state's history in a style that reads easily and flows effortlessly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881463729
Publisher:	Mercer University Press
Publication date:	09/20/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction vi

Chapter 1 Natives, Europeans, and the Founding of Georgia 1

Chapter 2 Royal Colony and Revolution 30

Chapter 3 Land Frauds, Lotteries, and Indian Removal Scandal 53

Chapter 4 Planters, Plain Folk, and the Enslaved 75

Chapter 5 Secession and Civil War 101

Chapter 6 Post-Civil War Georgia 130

Chapter 7 The Progressive Era and Jim Crow 158

Chapter 8 The Depression, New Deal, and World War II 181

Chapter 9 The Civil Rights Era 204

Chapter 10 Modern Georgia 224

Appendices 247

Further Reading 266

Index 275