A changing wind : commerce and conflict in Civil War Atlanta /

In 1845, Atlanta was the last stop at the end of a railroad line, the home of just twelve families and three general stores. By the 1860s, it was a thriving Confederate city, second only to Richmond in importance. A Changing Wind is the first history to explore the experiences of Atlanta's civi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Venet, Wendy Hamand
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1899
Civilians in war > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 19th century.
Social change > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Georgia > Atlanta.
Guerre > Participation des civils > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / Social History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Civilians in war
Commerce
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Race relations
Social aspects
Social change
Social conditions
Atlanta (Ga.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
Géorgie (État) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
Georgia
Georgia > Atlanta
United States
History
Military history
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gate city to the south
  • Unionism and secessionism in the gate city
  • The rise of a confederate city
  • A city of considerable importance
  • Second city of the confederacy
  • Difficult questions and the search for answers
  • Civilian loyalty in a time of "intense anxiety"
  • The barbarous war
  • Rebuilding, reconstruction, and the new city
  • Remembering and forgetting.

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