Download or read book A North Georgia Journal of History written by Olin Jackson and published by Legacy Communications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A North Georgia Journal of History written by Legacy Communications, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History in the Making written by Catherine Locks and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A peer-reviewed open U.S. History Textbook released under a CC BY SA 3.0 Unported License.
Download or read book Speaking Ill of the Dead Jerks in Georgia History written by John Mckay and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary--if misunderstood--thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History features 15 short biographies of nefarious characters, from wicked pirate Edward Teach to John Gatewood, a ruthless Confederate guerilla fighter during the Civil War.
Download or read book The Georgia Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Northeast Georgia written by Gordon Sawyer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late eighteenth century, waves of intrepid settlers made their way down the Great Wagon Road into the virgin wilderness of Northeast Georgia to find new homes and opportunity for land and wealth. Against a dramatic mountainous backdrop, these pioneers carved out farms and small communities in perilous isolation and created an American experience vastly different from that of the plantation-style society established along Georgia's coast. Battling Creek and Cherokee warriors, government intervention, natural disasters, and a landscape not easily tamed, year after year, these men and women of Northeast Georgia stamped their self-reliance, their perseverance, and their industriousness upon generations to follow and upon the very geography they called home. In Northeast Georgia: A History, readers travel across several centuries of change, from the early American Indian tribes that once made this territory their hunting grounds to the present day, a time of unprecedented growth and expansion in both industry and population. Truly a world unto itself, Northeast Georgia has served as a haven and destination for all classes over the past two centuries: the bold gold miners of 1829, the stalwart sustenance farmers, the social elite enjoying fresh mountain air at the many summer resorts, a multitude of businessmen seeking opportunity in railroading, cotton, lumber, and poultry farming, and bootleggers finding the landscape convenient for clandestine whiskey-making and distribution. These stories and more provide insight into understanding a people and place unique in Georgia.
Download or read book The Short Life of Free Georgia written by Noeleen McIlvenna and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For twenty years in the eighteenth century, Georgia--the last British colony in what became the United States--enjoyed a brief period of free labor, where workers were not enslaved and were paid. The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia created a "Georgia experiment" of philanthropic enterprise and moral reform for poor white workers, though rebellious settlers were more interested in shaking off the British social system of deference to the upper class. Only a few elites in the colony actually desired the slave system, but those men, backed by expansionist South Carolina planters, used the laborers' demands for high wages as examples of societal unrest. Through a campaign of disinformation in London, they argued for slavery, eventually convincing the Trustees to abandon their experiment. In The Short Life of Free Georgia, Noeleen McIlvenna chronicles the years between 1732 and 1752 and challenges the conventional view that Georgia's colonial purpose was based on unworkable assumptions and utopian ideals. Rather, Georgia largely succeeded in its goals--until self-interested parties convinced England that Georgia had failed, leading to the colony's transformation into a replica of slaveholding South Carolina.
Download or read book Creating the Modern South written by Douglas Flamming and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Creating the Modern South, Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town of Dalton, Georgia, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie's social and economic transformation. "Beautifully written, it combines the rich specificity of a case study with broadly applicable synthetic conclusions.--Technology and Culture "A detailed and nuanced study of community development. . . . Creating the Modern South is an important book and will be of interest to anyone in the field of labor history.--Journal of Economic History "A rich and provocative study. . . . Its major contribution to our knowledge of the South is its careful account of the evolution and collapse of mill culture.--Journal of Southern History "Ambitious, and at times provocative, Creating the Modern South is a well-researched, highly readable, and engaging book.--Journal of American History
Download or read book World History written by Eugene Berger and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.
Download or read book Mystery History in Georgia written by Ralph Olin Jackson, 3rd and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compendium of articles and information involving the state of Georgia, from pre-history, up through the 1950s in time. The topics covered include the history and mysteries involving the U.S. Civil War in Georgia, Native Americans in Georgia, pioneers in Georgia, the Georgia goldrush, disasters in the state, and much more. Examples include the birthplace and early life of Hollywood star Oliver Hardy; the mysterious murder of Cherokee Chief James Vann II; the immense Tallulah Falls, Georgia Firestorm of 1921 which destroyed an entire resort town; the capture of old West bandit Bill Miner who robbed his last train outside Gainesville, Georgia; the terrible 1936 Gainesville Tornado which is still listed as the fifth-worst tornado in U.S. history; pioneer settler Harrison Riley and his gun-fights on the streets of the gold-rush town of Dahlonega, Georgia in the mid-1800s; mysterious immense stone structures and relics on Fort and Blood Mountains in north Georgia which archaeologists and historians have been unable to explain; the last moonshine raid of Lee Cape who was strangely assassinated and his head and hands severed from his body in an attempt to conceal the crime; the terrible 1926 rail collision of the Royal Palm and Ponce De Leon passenger trains in Rockmart, Georgia, which is still rated as one of the worst rail disasters in our nation's history; mysterious petroglyphs in north Georgia, the origin of which cannot be explained; and mysterious remnants which have been identified as belonging to early Spanish explorers in Georgia who remain unidentified; and much more. The information is arranged on a county-by-county basis for ease of use by readers interested in a particular county or town. The book includes over 275 photographs, many of which are rare historic prints; and full-name and subject indexes, for ease of use by researchers and historians.
Download or read book Mystery History in Georgia written by R. Olin Jackson, 3rd and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia history enthusiasts and researchers alike will be captivated with the colorful topics and attention to detail of the many subjects in Mystery & History in Georgia (MAHIG), Volume 2. Designed as a continuation of the material in the award-winning Mystery & History in Georgia, Volume I, author R. Olin Jackson picks right up where he left off in the earlier tome.Find out, for example, how old Taylorsville Bank was robbed over and over again, due to its isolated location, and how the participants and circumstances of the robberies - despite the serious nature of the crime - eventually devolved into almost comical circumstances.Read about how Hugh Jarrett, who was once a member of the famed "Jordanaires" vocal group, who were the backing singers for Elvis Presley, lived in the Atlanta and north Georgia area after his days with the King came to a close.Learn how small-town vixen Virginia Hill from Marietta, Georgia, went on to become a Hollywood starlet and the girlfriend of one of the most famous mobsters of all time - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. Hill ultimately became so famous that her story was featured in several major Hollywood movies.Discover the details of a secret gold mine beneath the floor of Dahlonega, Georgia's famed Smith House Restaurant which had lain hidden beneath the lower level of the popular eatery until 2006, when workmen accidentally discovered it while doing renovations.Enjoy the little-known details of a treasure in gold and silver in the U.S. Branch Mint which once existed in the former gold-rush town of Dahlonega, Georgia, in 1862, and how it vanished after being picked up for shipment to Atlanta.Discover how, on a hot August night in 1975, a huge DC-4 cargo plane amazingly landed on a short rough landing strip on the side of a mountain in northwest Georgia, to unload an immense load of illicit marijuana ("pot").These and 60 additional equivalent articles, complete with period photos - many of which are rare - and an array of additional information await the lucky reader's attentions.
Download or read book Introduction to Art Design Context and Meaning written by Pamela Sachant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a deep insight and comprehension of the world of Art. Contents: What is Art? The Structure of Art Significance of Materials Used in Art Describing Art - Formal Analysis, Types, and Styles of Art Meaning in Art - Socio-Cultural Contexts, Symbolism, and Iconography Connecting Art to Our Lives Form in Architecture Art and Identity Art and Power Art and Ritual Life - Symbolism of Space and Ritual Objects, Mortality, and Immortality Art and Ethics
Download or read book Mystery History in Georgia written by Olin Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guerrillas Unionists and Violence on the Confederate Home Front written by Daniel E. Sutherland and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, this localized violence was largely ignored, scholars focusing instead on large-scale operations of the war--the decisions and actions of generals and presidents. But as Daniel Sutherland reminds us, the impact of battles and elections cannot be properly understood without an examination of the struggle for survival on the home front, of lives lived in the atmosphere created by war. Sutherland gathers eleven essays by such noted Civil War scholars as Michael Fellman, Donald Frazier, Noel Fisher, and B. F. Cooling, each one exploring the Confederacy's internal war in a different state. All help to broaden our view of the complexity of war and to provide us with a clear picture of war's consequences, its impact on communities, homes, and families. This strong collection of essays delves deeply into what Daniel Sutherland calls "the desperate side of war," enriching our understanding of a turbulent and divisive period in American history.
Download or read book Modern Cronies written by Kenneth H. Wheeler and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Cronies traces how various industrialists, thrown together by the effects of the southern gold rush, shaped the development of the southeastern United States. Existing historical scholarship treats the gold rush as a self-contained blip that—aside from the horrors of Cherokee Removal (admittedly no small thing) and a supply of miners to California in 1849—had no other widespread effects. In fact, the southern gold rush was a significant force in regional and national history. The pressure brought by the gold rush for Cherokee Removal opened the path of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the catalyst for the development of both Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Iron makers, attracted by the gold rush, built the most elaborate iron-making operations in the Deep South near this railroad, in Georgia’s Etowah Valley; some of these iron makers became the industrial talent in the fledgling postbellum city of Birmingham, Alabama. This book explicates the networks of associations and interconnections across these varied industries in a way that newly interprets the development of the southeastern United States. Modern Cronies also reconsiders the meaning of Joseph E. Brown, Georgia’s influential Civil War governor, political heavyweight, and wealthy industrialist. Brown was nurtured in the Etowah Valley by people who celebrated mining, industrialization, banking, land speculation, and railroading as a path to a prosperous future. Kenneth H. Wheeler explains Brown’s familial, religious, and social ties to these people; clarifies the origins of Brown’s interest in convict labor; and illustrates how he used knowledge and connections acquired in the gold rush to enrich himself. After the Civil War Brown, aided by his sons, dominated and modeled a vigorous crony capitalism with far-reaching implications.
Download or read book Civil War in Appalachia written by Kenneth W. Noe and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unlike many collections of original essays, this one is consistently fresh, coherent, and excellent. It reflects the combined scholarly excitement of ... the cultural history of the Civil War and the social history of Appalachia. As the editors point out in their introduction, this collection revises two false cliches - uniform Unionism in a region filled with cultural savages."
Download or read book The Creation of Modern Georgia written by Numan V. Bartley and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the persistence and ultimate collapse of Georgia's plantation-oriented colonial society and the emergence of a modern state with greater urbanization, industrialization, and diversification
