Economic Profile of Greene County, Georgia
Title | Economic Profile of Greene County, Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Northeast Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Greene County (Ga.) |
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Economic Profile of Greene County
Title | Economic Profile of Greene County PDF eBook |
Author | Illinois. Department of Business and Economic Development. Division of Research and Development |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Greene County (Ill.) |
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Greene County, Georgia
Title | Greene County, Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Farm Security Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
How Curious a Land
Title | How Curious a Land PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan M. Bryant |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469617110 |
The story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Greene County, Georgia, is a remarkable tale of both fundamental change and essential continuity. In How Curious a Land, Jonathan Bryant follows the county's social, economic, and legal transformation from a wealthy, self-sufficient plantation economy based on slavery to a largely impoverished, economically dependent community dominated by a new commercial class of merchants and lawyers. Emancipated slaves made up two-thirds of the county's population at the end of the Civil War, and thanks to an able, charismatic, and politically active leadership, they enjoyed early success in pressing for their rights. But their gains, says Bryant, were only temporary, because the white elite retained control of the legal system and used it effectively against blacks. Law also helped shape the course of economic change as, for example, postbellum laws designed to benefit the new commercial elite ensured poverty for most of the county's small farmers, both black and white, by relegating them to the status of sharecroppers and tenants. As a result, the county's wealth, though greatly diminished in the postbellum years, remained concentrated in the hands of a small elite.
Greene County in Perspective
Title | Greene County in Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Horace Ernest Hudson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Greene County (Ga.) |
ISBN |
Greene County
Title | Greene County PDF eBook |
Author | Greene County (Ind.). Economic Development and Manpower Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Greene County (Ind.) |
ISBN |
Tenants of the Almighty
Title | Tenants of the Almighty PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Franklin Raper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | African Americans |
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The story of Greene county, Georgia, and its unified farm program. cf. Foreword.