Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920

by John Dittmer

Book Overview

"This is the best treatment scholars
have of black life in a southern state at the beginning of the twentieth century."
-- Howard N. Rabinowitz,
Journal of American History
"The author shows clearly and forcefully
the ways in which this [white] system abused and controlled the black lower
caste in Georgia." -- Lester C. Lamon, American Historical Review.

"Dittmer has a faculty for lucid exposition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252008138
• ISBN13: 9780252008139
• Release Date: May 1980
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"