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"Our Good And Faithful Servant": James Moore Wayne And Georgia Unionism, Joel C. Mcmahon
"Our Good And Faithful Servant": James Moore Wayne And Georgia Unionism, Joel C. Mcmahon
History Dissertations
Since the Civil War, historians have tried to understand why eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form a new nation, the Confederate States of America. What compelled the South to favor disunion over union? While enduring stereotypes perpetuated by the Myth of the Lost Cause cast most southerners of the antebellum era as ardent secessionists, not all southerners favored disunion. In addition, not all states were enthusiastic about the prospects of leaving one Union only to join another. Secession and disunion have helped shape the identity of the imagined South, but many Georgians opposed secession. This dissertation examines …
Removing Reds From The Old Red Scar: Maintaining And Industrial Peace In The East Tennessee Copper Basin From The Great War Through The Second World War, William Ronald Simson
Removing Reds From The Old Red Scar: Maintaining And Industrial Peace In The East Tennessee Copper Basin From The Great War Through The Second World War, William Ronald Simson
History Dissertations
This study considers industrial society and development in the East Tennessee Copper Basin from the 1890s through World War II; its main focus will be on the primary industrial concern, Tennessee Copper Company (TCC 1899), owned by the Lewisohn Group, New York. The study differs from other Appalachian scholarship in its assessment of New South industries generally overlooked. Wars and increased reliance on organic chemicals tied the basin to defense needs and agricultural advance. Locals understood the basin held expanding economic opportunities superior to those in the surrounding mountains and saw themselves as participants in the nation’s industrial and economic …
A Small Place In Georgia: Yeoman Cultural Persistance, Terrence Lee Kersey
A Small Place In Georgia: Yeoman Cultural Persistance, Terrence Lee Kersey
History Theses
In antebellum Upcounty Georgia, the Southern yeomanry developed a society independent of the planter class. Many of the studies of the pre-Civil War Southern yeomanry describe a class that is living within the cracks of a planter-dominated society, using, and subject to those institutions that served the planter class. Yet in Forsyth County, a yeomanry-dominated society created and nurtured institutions that met their class needs, not parasitically using those developed by the planter class for their own needs.
A Queer Miracle In Georgia: The Origins Of Gay-Affirming Religion In The South, Jodie Talley
A Queer Miracle In Georgia: The Origins Of Gay-Affirming Religion In The South, Jodie Talley
History Theses
The intersection of homosexuality and faith values, a very controversial topic in the United States, has generated both social accommodation as well as “culture war.” In the past forty years this nation has witnessed the establishment of predominantly gay congregations, gay “welcoming” and “affirming” mainstream congregations, as well as virulently anti-gay religious organizations. This study investigates the origins and evolving history of gay and gay-affirming religious traditions in America with an emphasis on Atlanta and Georgia. Primarily an oral history, this project draws from eighty-two interviews as well as primary and secondary documents to construct this history. Several conclusions unfold: …
Cuban Refugees In Atlanta: 1950-1980, Charlotte A. Bayala
Cuban Refugees In Atlanta: 1950-1980, Charlotte A. Bayala
History Theses
This thesis examines the lives of Cuban refugees who entered Atlanta, Georgia between 1950 and 1980. It explores early trans-national ties between the two areas. and how Cuban refugees relied on this relationship when they left the island. It shows the process they went through from finding aid and shelter to becoming a strong active community. It explains the role religious institutions had in settling refugees and shows how the state had to work to become equipped to provide resources to a large influx of Spanish-speakers. Through this thesis one will learn of the beginnings of an important Latino community …
Stop Taking Our Privileges! The Anti-Era Movement In Georgia, 1978-1982, Kristina Marie Graves
Stop Taking Our Privileges! The Anti-Era Movement In Georgia, 1978-1982, Kristina Marie Graves
History Theses
Graves discusses the important role that women played in the anti-ERA campaign in Georgia during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a controversial and divisive piece of legislation that polarized both legislators and constituents throughout the United States. Graves uses the anti-ERA campaign in Georgia as a model for studying the women who opposed the ERA on a national level. She writes about the differences between the feminist movement and the conservative grassroots movement, the role that anti-ERA women played in the rise of the New Right, and the legacy of the ERA’s failure …
Sacred People, A World Of Change: The Enduring Spirit Of The Cherokee And Creek Nation On The Frontier, Marjory Grayson-Lowman Greenbaum
Sacred People, A World Of Change: The Enduring Spirit Of The Cherokee And Creek Nation On The Frontier, Marjory Grayson-Lowman Greenbaum
History Theses
This documentary outlines the experiences on the frontier between the Creek and Cherokee Nations and the European settlers between 1763 and the Indian Removal by 1838. A final section is devoted to the Creek and Cherokee descendents today and issues that they address and lives that they live.