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Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
Sonny Seals
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Description for Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
Hardcover. Presents forty-seven early houses of worship from all areas of Georgia. Nearly three hundred stunning colour photographs capture the simple elegance of these sanctuaries and their surrounding grounds and cemeteries. Num Pages: 432 pages, 286 colour and 18 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AMN; HBJK; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2517.
Aspects of Georgia’s unique history can only be told through its extant rural churches. As the Georgia backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the churches erected on this newly parceled land became the center of community life. These early structures ranged from primitive outbuildings to those with more elaborate designs and were often constructed with local, hand-hewn materials to serve the residents who lived nearby. From these rural communities sprang the villages, towns, counties, and cities that informed the way Georgia was organized and governed and that continue to influence the way we live today. ... Read more
Aspects of Georgia’s unique history can only be told through its extant rural churches. As the Georgia backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the churches erected on this newly parceled land became the center of community life. These early structures ranged from primitive outbuildings to those with more elaborate designs and were often constructed with local, hand-hewn materials to serve the residents who lived nearby. From these rural communities sprang the villages, towns, counties, and cities that informed the way Georgia was organized and governed and that continue to influence the way we live today. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820349350
SKU
V9780820349350
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About Sonny Seals
Sonny Seals and George Hart are members of Historic Rural Churches of Georgia, a nonprofit formed in 2013 with the purpose of researching and documenting some of Georgia's most historic and architecturally significant rural churches.
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