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This Georgia rising : education, civil rights, and the politics of change in Georgia in the 1940s /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Novotny, Patrick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2007]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Georgia > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Social change > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Governors > Georgia > Election > History > 20th century.
Primaries > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 1940's gubernatorial primary and the politics of Georgia in the early twentieth century
  • Eugene Talmadge, Ellis Arnall and 1942's gubernatorial primary
  • Georgia's 1946 governor's race
  • 1948's governor's race and the politics of change in postwar Georgia
  • Conclusion : a postscript on Georgia politics in the 1940s.