Atlanta, cradle of the New South : race and remembering in the Civil War's aftermath /
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 cont...
| Основен автор: | Link, William A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2013.
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| Серия: |
Civil War America
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=532689 |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1469607778 9781469607771 9781469608327 1469608324 |