How curious a land
conflict and change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885
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Author
Publication
1996 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
66,500 words, Guess
Page Count
266 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL791012M
- ISBN-100807822574
- OCLC Control Number32780508
- OCLC Control Numberhowcuriouslandco0000brya
- Library of Congress Control Number95023506
and 2 more
- Goodreads4239620
- LibraryThing7578796
Classifications
- DDC975.8/612041
- LCCF292.G7 B79 1996
Description
The story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Greene County, Georgia, is a remarkable tale of both fundamental change and essential continuity. In How Curious a Land, Jonathan Bryant follows the county's social, economic, the legal transformation from a wealthy, self-sufficient plantation economy based on slavery to a largely impoverished, economically dependent community dominated by a new commercial class of merchants and lawyers.
First Sentence
In March 1848 the Greene County Inferior Court accepted Atharates Atkinson's and David Demarest's plans for a new county courthouse.
Excerpt
In March 1848 the Greene County Inferior Court accepted Atharates Atkinson's and David Demarest's plans for a new county courthouse.
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Series Statement
- The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
Other Editions
- How curious a land: conflict and change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885
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