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Autor:
LeeAnn B. Lands
Poor Atlanta looks at the poor people's campaigns in Atlanta in the 1960s and 1970s, which operated in relationship to Sunbelt city- building efforts. With these efforts, city leaders aimed to prevent urban violence, staunch disinvestment, check whit
Autor:
Christopher C. Sellers
Race and the Greening of Atlanta turns an environmental lens on Atlanta's ascent to thriving capital of the Sunbelt over the twentieth century. Uniquely wide ranging in scale, from the city's variegated neighborhoods up to its place in regional and n
Autor:
Givi Gavardashvili, Author
This book describes erosion and debris flow-type waterways in Georgia, assessing the risks of those formed in the mountain landscapes of Georgia and calculating the material and economic damage caused by the debris flow.In order to effectively regula
Autor:
Susan H. Allen
This book examines the theory and practice of interactive peacemaking, centering the role of people in making peace.The book presents the theory and practice of peacemaking as found in contemporary processes globally. By putting people at the center
Providing an excellent example of why folk artists can be appreciated as carriers of knowledge, even if they are unaware of it, this book could change the ways we understand and appreciate American folk arts. Connecting a sharecropper from Georgia in
Autor:
Arthur N. Dunning
How do well-meaning people help a community move beyond its past when confronted by those who hold ingrained stereotypes, profit from maintaining the status quo, or are filled with antipathy toward others? This book tells the story of how a Black uni
WINNER: 2022 Award for Excellence in Documenting Georgia's History, Georgia Archives HONORABLE MENTION: Georgia Author of the Year, Georgia Writers AssociationSeen/Unseen is a vivid portrait of the complex network that created, held, and sustained a
Autor:
Vincent D. Willis
In the decade after the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board decision, it became clear to students, parents, and community members alike that court cases were insufficient in the pursuit of educational justice. This book explores what made it difficult for e
Autor:
Sean P. Graham
The first in-depth ecological treatment of one of the most frequently visited National Battlefield parks in the country Designated as a battlefield in 1917 and as a park in 1935, the 2,965-acre Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park now preserve
Autor:
Mary Frances Early
The Quiet Trailblazer recounts Mary Frances Early's life from her childhood in Atlanta, her growing interest in music, and her awakening to the injustices of racism in the Jim Crow South. Early carefully maps the road to her 1961 decision to apply to