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Author Venet, Wendy Hamand.

Title A changing wind : commerce and conflict in Civil War Atlanta / Wendy Hamand Venet
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014

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Contents 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
Summary 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 civilians during the young city's rapid growth, the devastation of the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era when Atlanta emerged as a "New South" city. A Changing Wind vividly brings to life the stories of Atlanta's diverse citizens--white and black, free and enslaved, well-to-do and everyday people. A rich and compelling account of residents' changing loyalties to the Union and the Confederacy, the book highlights the unequal economic and social impacts of the war, General Sherman's siege, and the stunning rebirth of the city in postwar years. The final chapter of the book focuses on Atlanta's historical memory of the Civil War and how racial divisions have led to separate commemorations of the war's meaning
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Civilians in war -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
Social change -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Georgia -- Atlanta
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
SUBJECT 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. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140242
Subject Georgia
Georgia -- Atlanta
United States
Genre/Form dissertations.
History
Military history
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013041255
ISBN 1306715210
9781306715218
9780300206586
0300206585
9780300192162
0300192169