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Democracy Restored - A History of the Georgia State Capitol (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Democracy Restored - A History of the Georgia State Capitol (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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This stunning, fully illustrated history of the Georgia Capitol not
only pays tribute to a grand old edifice but also vividly recounts
the history that was made - and that continues to be made - within
and without its walls. The Georgia Capitol is a place where, for
more than a century, legislators have debated, governors have
proclaimed, and courts have ruled. It is also a place where
countless ordinary citizens have gathered in lively tour groups,
angry protest mobs, and at times solemn funeral processions. As
Timothy J. Crimmins and Anne H. Farrisee move through the major
periods in the Capitol's history, they tell three interwoven
stories. One is a tale of the building itself, its predecessors,
its design and construction, its occasionally ill-considered
renovations, and the magnificent, decade-long restoration begun in
1996. Also revealed is how the gradual accumulation of statues,
flags, portraits, and civic rituals and pageants has added new
layers of meaning to an already symbolic structure. The third story
the authors tell is of the legislative and judicial battles that
sought to limit or extend democratic freedoms. Some of these events
were high drama: fisticuffs during a prohibition debate, Eugene
Talmadge's strong-arm eviction of the state treasurer from the
statehouse, the Three Governors Controversy, and an African
American protest in the segregated cafeteria. From the laying of
the cornerstone in 1885 to the present, successive generations of
Georgians have created a distinctive history in and around the
Capitol as they have exercised, or sought to gain, their rights.
Today the Georgia Capitol remains a working center of state
government, and its history continues to unfold.
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