Author: Georgia. Department of Community AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
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Georgia Today
Author: Georgia. Department of Community AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
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Georgia Today
Author: Georgia. Department of Community Affairs. Intergovernmental Assistance DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
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Georgia Odyssey
Author: James C. CobbPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820335096
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Georgia Odyssey is a lively survey of the state’s history, from its beginnings as a European colony to its current standing as an international business mecca, from the self-imposed isolation of its Jim Crow era to its role as host of the centennial Olympic Games and beyond, from its long reign as the linchpin state of the Democratic Solid South to its current dominance by the Republican Party. This new edition incorporates current trends that have placed Georgia among the country’s most dynamic and attractive states, fueled the growth of its Hispanic and Asian American populations, and otherwise dramatically altered its demographic, economic, social, and cultural appearance and persona. “The constantly shifting cultural landscape of contemporary Georgia,” writes James C. Cobb, “presents a jumbled panorama of anachronism, contradiction, contrast, and peculiarity.” A Georgia native, Cobb delights in debunking familiar myths about his state as he brings its past to life and makes it relevant to today. Not all of that past is pleasant to recall, Cobb notes. Moreover, not all of today’s Georgians are as unequivocal as the tobacco farmer who informed a visiting journalist in 1938 that “we Georgians are Georgian as hell.” That said, a great many Georgians, both natives and new arrivals, care deeply about the state’s identity and consider it integral to their own. Georgia Odyssey is the ideal introduction to our past and a unique and often provocative look at the interaction of that past with our present and future.
Empire
Author: Emily WoodwardPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Georgia in the realm of anecdote, wit, humor, episode and incident ; Georgia in the forum of eloquence ; Georgia in the republic of letters ; Georgia songs ; Georgia, the Empire State of today
Author: Lucian Lamar KnightPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Georgia Today
Author: John Cheslow BelcherPublisher:
ISBN: 9780820302126
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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Current Situation in Georgia and Implications for U.S. Policy
Author: Won’t Lose This Dream
Author: Andrew GumbelPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620979284
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
The “heartfelt” (Shelf Awareness) story of how Georgia State University tore up the rulebook for educating lower-income students Published to wide acclaim, Won’t Lose This Dream is the “illuminating” (Times Literary Supplement) story of a public university that has blazed an extraordinary trail for lower-income and first-generation students in downtown Atlanta, the birthplace of the civil rights movement. “A powerful story of institutional transformation” (bestselling author Beverly Daniel Tatum), Won’t Lose This Dream shows how Georgia State University has upended the conventional wisdom about low-income students by harnessing the power of big data to identify and remove obstacles that previously stopped them from graduating—an earthshaking achievement that is reverberating across every college campus today. “Drawing on extensive on-the-ground reporting” (Kirkus Reviews), Andrew Gumbel delivers a thrilling, blow-by-blow account of visionary leaders who overcame fierce resistance, and the remarkable students whose resilience and determination inspired the work at every stage. Their success shows how the promise of social advancement through talent and hard work, the essence of the American dream, can be rekindled even in an age of deep inequalities and divisive politics. “A superb work for anyone interested in higher education” (Library Journal), Won’t Lose This Dream “lays out a persuasive vision for reform” (Publishers Weekly) and a concrete vision of higher ed that works for all Americans.
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