Veiled Visions

“This sobering book offers an excellent analysis of American race relations.” — History

“A timely publication. . . . A page-turner which must be applauded for its readability and thorough documentation. It should find a ready audience not only in academe but also among readers in the general public.” — Florida Historical Quarterly

“If the contours of Godshalk’s narrative are familiar, his treatment is never facile. . . . Provides a complex and nuanced account of inter-class tension in the black community. . . . Noteworthy for its effort to factor themes of class and gender into a book so outwardly concerned with issues of race.” — Journal of Social History

“Veiled Visions is superbly researched, skillfully organized, and vividly written. Godshalk manages to create a sense of momentum as context and analysis are seamlessly woven into a dramatic story of the growing tensions and the reckless incitements that ultimately led to the riot itself. His account of the background and aftermath of the riot gives us a wonderful portrait of the changing landscape of race, class, gender, and economic relationships in the urbanizing South of the early twentieth century.” — Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina

“[This] pioneering study of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot is a brilliant exposition of the creation of Atlanta’s myth of racial progressivism. . . . May be the best monograph ever written on the aftermath of a major race riot in a U.S. city. . . . Deserves the broadest possible audience . . . will critically inform debates in the histories of segregation, urban public policy, and poverty studies.” — American Historical Review

“Well-written and meticulously researched . . . persuasive.” — Register of Kentucky Historical Society

“Veiled Visions offers a fresh take on the Atlanta riot, and as such is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the riot specifically, and racial violence generally.” — NC Historical Review

“Veiled Visions offers important insights into race relations and the emergence of an urban social landscape in the South and the nation.” — Historian

“Godshalk has given us an impeccably researched and extremely well-written book on the tragic 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. In reaching far beyond this topic and placing it in a historical context, he has strikingly illuminated the reshaping of American race relations throughout much of the twentieth century.” — Georgia Historical Quarterly

“Godshalk’s narrative is theoretically sophisticated, eminently readable, and grounded in a broad base of sources and will stand as an important addition to histories of race relations in Atlanta and the South as a whole.” — Journal of Southern History