{"product_id":"georgia-governors-in-an-age-of-change-9780820310053","title":"Georgia Governors in an Age of Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorgia Governors in an Age of Change\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold Paulk Henderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.06w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820310053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHAROLD PAULK HENDERSON is a professor emeritus of political science at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia), and \u003ci\u003ecoeditor of Georgia Governors in an Age of Change\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43219254739059,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":66.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4b2c0305-fd7a-4ae2-959e-4d98047e0dfc.jpg?v=1753532810","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/georgia-governors-in-an-age-of-change-9780820310053","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}