After conquering Atlanta in the summer of 1864 and occupying it for two months; Union forces laid waste to the city in November. William T. Sherman's invasion was a pivotal moment in the history of the South and Atlanta's rebuilding over the following fifty years came to represent the contested meaning of the Civil War itself. The war's aftermath brought contentious transition from Old South to New for whites and African Americans alike. Historian William Link argues that this struggle defined the broader meaning of the Civil War in the modern South; with no place embodying the region's past and future more clearly than Atlanta. 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.
#1186916 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2013-10-21Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.00l; 1.20 #File Name: 1469610906272 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The new "best" work on the subjectBy T. MagnusonINC Press; under David Perry's leadership has revised a number of North Carolina historic subjects much for the better: Kars' _Breaking Loose....._ retold the War of the Regulation; McIlvenna's _A Very Mutinous People....._ revised our view of the Albemarle Quakers; and now La Vere has given us a new and richer view of the Tuscarora War. In each case the authors; for the fist time; incorporated common people in their telling.In previous histories of their war the Tuscarora were essentially absent but for over-stated European memories of their slaughter. Last Vere has repaired that gap.This book is must reading for any study of colonial NC.from2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An excellent history of early North Carolina and the devastating Tuscarora WarBy Stephen ChayerThis is a great book that shows how the deadly mix of the Indian slave trade; the establishment and subsequent expansion of the settlement of New Bern by Swiss and German Palatines; and the unfair trading practices of the settlers with Indians; among other factors; led to the attack in 1711 by the Tuscarora and allied tribes under Chief Hancock. The book outlines the course of the war and the involvement of South Carolina troops under Captain James Moore; along with their Yamasee allies; who defeated the Tuscarora at their village of Neoheroka in 1713. This set the stage for the subsequent Yamassee War in South Carolina in 1715; when the Yamassee turned against the South Carolinians; fighting until 1717. As a companion volume; I strongly recommend The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South; 1670-1717 by Alan Gallay.The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South; 1670-1717.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Well written and researchedBy Clay EllisWell written; very good research for a topic that I am sure was hard to find information about. Well balanced with both settlers and Indian viewpoints. Interesting to find out that the settlers did not always have the upper hand over the Indians; that the settlers also did not cooperate with each other very well.
