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The strange journey of the Confederate Constitution : and other stories from Georgia's historical past / William Rawlings.

Van Pelt Library F286 .R39 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rawlings, William, 1948- author.
Contributor:
Mercer University Press.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia.
Cotton trade.
History.
Georgia.
Cotton trade--Georgia--History--19th century.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia--History--1865-.
United States.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
288 pages, 58 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2017.
Contents:
Part I The Early Days 1783-1815 1
Overview 3
Chapter 1 The (Re)Invention of the Cotton Gin 7
Chapter 2 The Great Yazoo Fraud 17
Chapter 3 The Pine Barrens Speculation 29
Part II The Civil War Era 1861-1865 41
Overview 43
Chapter 4 The Saga of the Lost Confederate Treasure 47
Chapter 5 The Capture of Jefferson Davis from Both a Southern and Northern Perspective 55
Chapter 6 The Strange Journey of the Confederate Constitution 75
Part III The Reconstruction Era 1865-1877 85
Overview 87
Chapter 7 Conflict and Compromise: The Political Nature of Reconstruction 91
Chapter 8 The Freedman's Land Insurrection of 1875 107
Part IV The Lost Cause Years 1865-1939 123
Overview 125
Chapter 9 Gutzon Borglum and the Lost Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial 131
Chapter 10 The Drum Returns Home 151
Chapter 11 The Lost Cause on the Silver Screen 157
Part V The Golden Age of Cotton and Its Aftermath 1915-1925 167
Overview 169
Chapter 12 A Vast Pool of Oil 173
Chapter 13 A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff 185
Chapter 14 The Myth of the Boll Weevil 205
Part VI The Ku Klux Klan 1915-1930 215
Overview 217
Chapter 15 The Second Coming of the Invisible Empire 219
Chapter 16 Reign of Terror: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s in Macon, Georgia 239.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index.
ISBN:
9780881466263
0881466263
OCLC:
1001342742

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