Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity

Download or read book Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity written by Fred R. van Hartesveldt and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the eve of the 20th century, Middle Georgia was a rural region transitioning from the aftermath of the Reconstruction Era into the modern age. This collection of new essays describes the lives of the common people of the day. A grisly mass murder underscored issues of race, class and poverty. African Americans struggled for self-betterment against the rise of Jim Crow. Women striving to overcome gender barriers found a hero in a pioneering female pilot. The government worked to protect communities from the influenza pandemic of 1918. Fighting boll weevils and declining cotton prices, farmers diversified crops and developed a national pimento pepper industry.