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OverviewThe 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\u2019s 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 Southerners. As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution, he espoused the New South throughout the nation and was in demand as a speaker for audiences in New York and Boston. Through extensive research, focusing on the decade of the 1880s in Georgia, Davis demonstrates that although Grady said all the right things to show that he wished to industrialize the South and that he was committed to the improvement of agriculture and fairness in racial matters, in fact he spent most of his efforts on behalf of Atlanta. His major interest was in making a difference for that city, leaving the rest of the South to enjoy whatever Atlanta could not garner for itself. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harold DavisPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780817311872ISBN 10: 0817311874 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 June 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsInsightful...packed with interesting details of the phenomenal growth of this southern metropolis. - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Author InformationHarold E. Davis is Research Professor Emeritus, Georgia State University, Atlanta. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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