Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the Transformation of the American South, 1818-2018 (Hardcover)

In Gwinnett County's two hundred years, the area has been western, southern, rural, suburban, and now increasingly urban. Its stories include the displacement of Native peoples, white settlement, legal battles over Indian Removal, slavery and cotton, the Civil War and the Lost Cause, New South railroad and town development, Reconstruction and Jim Crow, business development and finance in a national economy, a Populist uprising and Black outmigration, the entrance of women into the political arena, the evolution of cotton culture, the development of modern infrastructure, and the transformation from rural to suburban to a multicultural urbanizing place. Gwinnett, as its chamber of commerce likes to say, has it all. However, Gwinnett has yet to be the focus of a major historical exploration-until now. Through a compilation of essays written by professional historians with expertise in a diverse array of eras and fields, Michael Gagnon and Matthew Hild's collection finally tells these stories in a systematic way-avoiding the pitfalls of nonprofessional local histories that tend to ignore issues of race, class, or gender. While not claiming to be comprehensive, this book provides general readers and scholars alike with a glimpse at Gwinnett through the ages. CONTRIBUTORS: Julia Brock, William D. Bryan, Richard A. Cook Jr., Lisa L. Crutchfield, Michael Gagnon, Edward Hatfield, Keith S. Hebert, Matthew Hild, R. Scott Huffard Jr., David L. Mason, Marko Maunula, Erica Metcalfe, Katheryn L. Nikolich, David B. Parker, Bradley R. Rice, and Carey Olmstead Shellman

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2022
Editors:	Matthew Hild • Michael Gagnon
Authors:	Julia Brock • William D Bryan • Richard A. Cook Jr. • Lisa L. Crutchfield • Edward Hatfield • Keith Hebert • R Scott Huffard • David Mason
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-6210-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-8203-6210-7
Barcode:	9780820362106

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