Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath

by William A. Link

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469626551
• ISBN13: 9781469626550
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"