Atlanta, Cradle of the New South
Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath
By William A. Link
264 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 16 halftones, 1 map, 1 table, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-2655-0
Published: August 2015 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-0777-1
Published: May 2013 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4430-9
Published: May 2013
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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.
About the Author
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.
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“An unparalleled introduction to the history of nineteenth-century Atlanta. . . . Link’s pioneering and engaging study merits the attention of professional historians and general readers alike.”--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
“This is an important book, and William Link shows that Atlanta was indeed a place where the past and the future, the Civil War and the New South, race and economics, and memory and reality converged.”--North Carolina Historical Review
“No reader will come away . . . doubting Atlanta’s status as the cradle of the New South.”--Journal of Southern History
“Link has . . . uncovered some fascinating stories of how Atlanta became such a symbol in a contest over the memory of the war and the meaning of the South’s future.”--American Historical Review
"Its strength lies in its detailed explication of the New South narrative of destruction and rebirth and its successful exclusion of African Americans."--Georgia Historical Quarterly
"Meticulously researched . . . Link's book is a well-crafted study well worth the attention of those interested in the early dynamics of race relations."--H-Net Reviews
Multimedia & Links
Visit the author's website at www.williamalink.com.
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Read: In a guest blog post, William A. Link briefly depicts the great destruction Atlanta faced at the end of the Civil War and how it embraced a new narrative as the flagship of the “New South.” Read "Atlanta Rising After Sherman."
Read: In another guest blog post, Link remembers Bill Friday. Read "Remembering Bill Friday."