This Georgia rising
Subtitle: education, civil rights, and the politics of change in Georgia in the 1940s
By: Patrick Novotny.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780881460889
Subjects: 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 -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950; Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-344) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1940's gubernatorial primary and the politics of Georgia in the early twentieth century; title: Eugene Talmadge, Ellis Arnall and 1942's gubernatorial primary; title: Georgia's 1946 governor's race; title: 1948's governor's race and the politics of change in postwar Georgia; title: Conclusion : a postscript on Georgia politics in the 1940s.