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Oglethorpe in perspective : Georgia's founder after two hundred years / edited by Phinizy Spalding and Harvey H. Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Governors--Georgia--Biography.
- Governors.
- Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Georgia.
- Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785.
- Oglethorpe, James.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nine essays that attempt to answer some of the questions that continually surface when Oglethorpe's name is mentioned.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Circles in the Sand Perspectives on the Southern Frontier at the Arrival of James Oglethorpe; 2. Oglethorpe and the Earliest Maps of Georgia; 3. Parson and Squire James Oglethorpe and the Role of the Anglican Church in Georgia, 1733-1736; 4. James Edward Oglethorpe, Race, and Slavery A Reassessment; 5. Oglethorpe, William Stephens, and the Origin of Georgia Politics; 6. Oglethorpe's Contest for the Backcountry, 1733-1749; 7. James Oglethorpe in Europe Recent Findings in His Military Life; 8. Oglethorpe and James Wright A Georgia Comparison
- 9. The Search for Authentic Icons of James Edward OglethorpeNotes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-11898-1
- OCLC:
- 609839856
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