| Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath Contributor(s): Link, William A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469626551 ISBN-13: 9781469626550 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $30.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2012044361 |
| Series: Civil War America |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.15" W x 9.3" (0.87 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Locality - Atlanta, Georgia - Topical - Black History - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After conquering Atlanta in the summer of 1864 and occupying it for two months, Union forces laid waste to the city in November. William T. Sherman's invasion was a pivotal moment in the history of the South and Atlanta's rebuilding over the following fifty years came to represent the contested meaning of the Civil War itself. The war's aftermath brought contentious transition from Old South to New for whites and African Americans alike. Historian William Link argues that this struggle defined the broader meaning of the Civil War in the modern South, with no place embodying the region's past and future more clearly than Atlanta. Link frames the city as both exceptional--because of the incredible impact of the war there and the city's phoenix-like postwar rise--and as a model for other southern cities. He shows how, in spite of the violent reimposition of white supremacy, freedpeople in Atlanta built a cultural, economic, and political center that helped to define black America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Link, William a.: - William A. Link is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida. He is author or editor of thirteen books, including Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism. |