Gone But Not Forgotten: Atlantans Commemorate the Civil War

Gone But Not Forgotten: Atlantans Commemorate the Civil War
ISBN-10
0820358126
ISBN-13
9780820358123
Series
Gone But Not Forgotten
Category
Atlanta (Ga.)
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2020
Author
Wendy Hamand Venet

Description

"This book examines the ways that Atlantans have remembered the Civil War since 1865. During the Civil War, Atlanta became the second most important city in the Confederacy, after Richmond. Since the end of the war, Atlanta's civic and business leaders promoted its image as a 'Phoenix City' rising from the ashes of General William T. Sherman's wartime destruction. According to this carefully constructed view, Atlanta respects its Confederate past while also moving forward with business growth and 'progress.' Yet in spite of its economic success since 1865, Atlanta is a city where the meaning of the Civil War continues to be debated and contested, where whites and blacks remember the war in different and conflicting ways. Periodically, racial tension has marred the city's reputation and its progressive spirit. Today, Atlanta (and the South) have achieved reconciliation with the North but debate over Civil War memory is ongoing"--

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