Term of Award
Spring 2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Committee Chair
Robert Shanafelt
Committee Member 1
Barbara Hendry
Committee Member 2
Robert Shanafelt
Committee Member 3
William L. Smith
Committee Member 3 Email
wmlsmith@georgiasouthern.edu
Abstract
This descriptive cultural history follows a hybrid methodology often applied to ethno-histories. This approach combines archival research, oral history, and ethnography, with reflexive aspects. I explore some similarities and differences between two Quaker meetings in Southeast Georgia, the small but growing urban meeting in Savannah and a discontinued rural one in the small college town of Statesboro (that sometimes met in the village of Guyton). These case studies of local and personal histories, combined with my observations as a participant in the life of the community, are designed to illuminate fine details of Quaker culture in the recent Deep South.
Recommended Citation
Harwell, Jonathan Hoyt, "Settling and Laying Down: A Cultural History of Quakers in Savannah and Statesboro, Georgia" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 625.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/625
Research Data and Supplementary Material
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