Henry Grady's New South [[electronic resource] ] : Atlanta, a brave and beautiful city / / Harold E. Davis

• Autore: Davis Harold E. <1927-1997.>
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.041; 975/.041
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Georgia - History - 19th century; Journalists - Georgia; Politicians - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Atlanta (Ga.) Politics and government; Georgia Politics and government 1865-1950
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-244) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Grady and the Atlanta Constitution; 3. Politics and the Atlanta Ring: 1880-1886; 4. Politics and the Farmers; 5. The Politics of Race; 6. Development and Reconciliation; 7. Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The popular image of Henry W. Grady is that of a champion of the postbellum South, a region that would forgive the North for defeating it and would mobilize its own many resources for hones business and agricultural competition. Biographies and collections of Grady's essays and speeches that appeared shortly after his death enhanced this image, and for a half-century, Grady was considered the personification of the New South Movement, a movement which promised industrialization for the South, an improved Southern agriculture, and justice and opportunity for black Souther
• Titolo autorizzato: Henry Grady's New South
• ISBN: 0-8173-8274-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778044903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II