Forty Years of Diversity: Essays on Colonial Georgia (Wormsloe Foundation Publication Series): 16 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820338125 ISBN 13: 9780820338125

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2011

Synopsis

This collection of essays grew out of a symposium commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Georgia.The contributors are authorities in their respective fields and their efforts represent not only the fruits of long careers but also the observations and insights of some of the most promising young scholars. Forty Years of Diversity sheds new light on the social, political, religious, and ethnic diversity of colonial Georgia.

About this title

Review:

"This is a book of which all devotees of Georgia history can be proud." --"Louisiana History"

"These essays deserve to be read, and should provoke further consideration of the diversity, so aptly noted in the title, that is the distinguishing characteristic of colonial Georgia."--"Journal of Southern History"

"An excellent contribution to our knowledge of early Georgia."--"Alabama Review"

About the Author:

Phinizy Spalding (1930-1994) was a professor of history at the University of Georgia. He was the author of numerous books including Oglethorpe in America and a coauthor of A History of Georgia (both Georgia).|Kenneth Coleman was professor emeritus of history at the University of Georgia. The coauthors are all members or former members of the University of Georgia's Department of History.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0820338125
• ISBN 13: 9780820338125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342
• Editor: Jackson Harvey H., Spalding Phinizy