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 what it meant to live in Atlanta during its rapid growth, its devastation in the Civil War, and its rise as a New South city during Reconstruction.A Changing Wind brings to life the stories of Atlanta's diverse citizens. In a rich account of residents' changing loyalties to the Union and the Confederacy, the book highlights the unequal economic and social impacts of the war, General She…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8203-5136-0
- EAN: 9780820351360
- Produktnummer: 22775852
- Verlag: University of Georgia Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.8 cm 473 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 473
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