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Author:

Novotny, Patrick.

Title:

This Georgia rising : education, civil rights, and the politics of change in Georgia in the 1940s / Patrick Novotny.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Mercer University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

351 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Social change--Georgia--History--20th century.
Governors--Georgia--History--History--20th century.
Primaries--Georgia--History--20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Georgia--History--20th century.
Education, Higher--History--Georgia--History--20th century.
Georgia--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-344) and index.

Contents:

1940's gubernatorial primary and the politics of Georgia in the early twentieth century -- Eugene Talmadge, Ellis Arnall and 1942's gubernatorial primary -- Georgia's 1946 governor's race -- 1948's governor's race and the politics of change in postwar Georgia -- Conclusion : a postscript on Georgia politics in the 1940s.

ISBN:

9780881460889 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0881460885 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007044736

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)