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Edward J. Cashin and Glenn T. Eskew, editors. Paternalism in a Southern City: Race, Religion, and Gender in Augusta, Georgia. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2001. Pp. xiii, 240. $50.00.

Derived from a 1996 symposium sponsored by the Augusta State University Center for the Study of Georgia History, this collection of essays explores race, gender, class, and religious issues in the city of Augusta from the colonial era into the twentieth century. The contributors analyze these subjects through the filter of paternalism, though they do not allow that concept to control the narrative. 1

Paternalism is hardly a new theme in southern history, dating at least as far back as the work of U.B. Phillips. But paternalism is not often applied to an urban setting, and that is an important contribution of this volume. Editors Edward J. Cashin and Glenn T. Eskew view paternalism as a matter of negotiation between individuals and groups who have power and those who have much less. Within these unequal relationships, women, African Americans, and workers of different races and genders managed to carve out a measure of independence and even modest success. Issues of agency and power are increasingly prevalent subjects of inquiry in southern historiography. Though presented as a case study of one city, the essays collectively have significant import for southern history generally. Some of the contributors' ideas have appeared in books and articles published since 1996, but the collection is still relatively fresh and valuable. . . .

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