Cornerstones of Georgia History: Documents That Formed the StateThomas A. Scott University of Georgia Press, 15/01/2011 - 280 من الصفحات This collection of fifty-nine primary documents presents multiple viewpoints on more than four centuries of growth, conflict, and change in Georgia. The selections range from a captive's account of a 1597 Indian revolt against Spanish missionaries on the Georgia coast to an impassioned debate in 1992 between county commissioners and environmental activists over a proposed hazardous waste facility in Taylor County. Drawn from such sources as government records, newspapers, oral histories, personal diaries, and letters, the documents give a voice to the concerns and experiences of men and women representing the diverse races, ethnic groups, and classes that, over time, have contributed to the state's history. Cornerstones of Georgia History is especially suited for classroom use, but it provides any concerned citizen of the state with a historical basis on which to form relevant and independent opinions about Georgia's present-day challenges. |
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... independent opinions of their own. Many good students have told me that the documents approach revolutionized their view of history. Before, they found the ix subject boring, and consequently they never had much success in Preface.
... never had much success in the classroom. The chance to evaluate conflicting primary sources seemed to empower them to think and form their own viewpoints. Cornerstones of Georgia History does not attempt to present a single, unified ...
... never see the Spaniards again, nor they, you; leave your law and become an Indian and you will enjoy what we enjoy; you will have a wife or more, if you wish; furthermore, in the other life you will enjoy what you enjoy here, for .we ...
... never spoke to me of such things. One day while I was going along leisurely, I passed by a hut where some Indians were digging. Under the inspiration of the devil, they took their heavy rods and six Indians conjointly gave me so many ...
... never saw such things as their parents brought in. At last one proposed to watch when their parents went out and to follow them. Accordingly next morning the plan was carried out. Those who followed the father saw him stop at a short ...
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The Colonial Controversy over Slavery and Georgias Future | 25 |
Georgia on the Eve of the Revolution | 38 |
The Debate over Indian Removal | 50 |
6 Slavery in Antebellum Georgia | 63 |
The Decision to Leave the Union | 77 |
Perspectives of North Georgia Women | 92 |
12 The Leo Frank Case | 151 |
13 Georgias Rejection of Woman Suffrage | 164 |
The Great Migration Boll Weevil Invasion and Great Depression | 179 |
Georgia in the 1940s | 193 |
16 The Integration of Public Schools and Colleges | 208 |
The Gubernatorial Inauguration of Jimmy Carter | 224 |
The Debate over a Hazardous Waste Facility for Taylor County | 235 |
Questions to Consider | 251 |
9 Reconstruction in Georgia | 107 |
Fault of the North or the South? | 122 |
11 Jim Crow Georgia and Its Leaders Black and White | 136 |
Index | 259 |