African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee

by Philip D. Morgan

Book Overview

The lush landscape and subtropical climate of the Georgia coast only enhance the air of mystery enveloping some of its inhabitants--people who owe, in some ways, as much to Africa as to America. As the ten previously unpublished essays in this volume examine various aspects of Georgia lowcountry life, they often engage a central dilemma: the region's physical and cultural remoteness helps to preserve the venerable ways of its black inhabitants,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820330647
• ISBN13: 9780820330648
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"