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Author Link, William A.

Title Atlanta, cradle of the New South : race and remembering in the Civil War's aftermath / William A. Link.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
text file
Series Civil War America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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 a.
Contents A troublesome thing: invasion -- Ocean of ruins: destruction and rebirth -- A forgetfulness of the past: rebuilding the racial order -- Every contrivance of cruelty: violence and white supremacy in the new South -- We are rising: schooling the city -- Wheel within a wheel: competing visions -- The new South in crisis -- Epilogue: the propaganda of history.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions.
African Americans.
Georgia -- Atlanta.
Social conditions.
Memory -- Social aspects -- Georgia -- Atlanta.
Memory -- Social aspects.
Memory.
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1861-1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781469607764 146960776X (DLC) 2012044361
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