Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis Arnall to George Busbee / Edition 1

by Harold Paulk Henderson

Overview

Georgia Governors in an Age of Change is the first book to present a clear overview of gubernatorial leadership in Georgia during the critical period between 1943 and 1983, covering the administrations of Ellis Arnall, Melvin E. Thompson, Herman Talmadge, Marvin Griffin, Ernest Vandiver, Carl Sanders, Lester Maddox, Jimmy Carter, and George Busbee. Based on a unique meeting of scholars and politicians held in 1985, this book brings together historical assessments of the post-World War II administrations and reactions to those assessments by the governors themselves.

The four decades that followed the inauguration of Ellis Arnall as governor saw the state of Georgia experience its most fundamental changes since the end of the Civil War. Those years witnessed a dramatic change in the political balance of power as the state’s population shifted from rural dominance to urban influence. Georgia saw firsthand the birth of the civil rights movement, the end of Jim Crow

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820310053
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Publication date:	10/01/1988
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	930,642
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

HAROLD PAULK HENDERSON is a professor emeritus of political science at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, author of The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall (Georgia), and coeditor of Georgia Governors in an Age of Change (Georgia).

HAROLD PAULK HENDERSON is a professor emeritus of political science at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, author of The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall (Georgia), and coeditor of Georgia Governors in an Age of Change (Georgia).

Editorial Reviews

"Compelling and informative . . . The first really comprehensive assessment of the gubernatorial leadership of the state during a time when its social, economic, and political order underwent a dramatic transformation."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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