| Georgia in Black and White: Explorations in Race Relations of a Southern State, 1865-1950 Contributor(s): Inscoe, John C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820335053 ISBN-13: 9780820335056 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Civil Rights - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 975.800 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eleven essays in this collection explore the variety of ways in which whites and blacks in Georgia interacted from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the civil rights movement. They reveal the extent to which racial matters infused politics, religion, education, gender relationships, kinship structure, and community dynamics. In their focus on a broad range of individuals, incidents, and locales, the essays look beyond the obvious injustices of the color line to examine the intricacies, ambiguities, contradictions, and above all, the human dimension that made that line far less rigid or absolute than is often assumed. The stories told here offer new insights into, and provocative interpretations of, the actions and reactions of the men and women, black and white, engaged on both sides of the struggle for racial justice and reform. They provide vivid testimony to the complexity and diversity that have always characterized southern race relations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Inscoe, John C.: - JOHN C. INSCOE is a professor of history emeritus at the University of Georgia and the founding editor of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. He is coauthor of The Heart of Confederate Appalachia. |