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The strange journey of the Confederate Constitution : and other stories from Georgia's historical past / William Rawlings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rawlings, William, 1948- author.
- 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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