Atlanta Rising: The Invention of an International City 1946-1996 (Hardcover)

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Allen, who spelled out the Coca Cola company's recipe for success in Secret Formula (LJ 8/94), here provides a fascinating account of Atlanta's social, political, and economic history over the last 50 years. Allen's behind-the-scenes glimpse into the negotiations that bought the Olympics to Atlanta is merely the icing on the cake. Regional and large collections should consider.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

For visitors and recent arrivals, Atlantis Rising, will serve as the essential primer on the ins and outs of the South's capital city. For natives, the book offers up a rich menu of surprising new facts and fresh insights about their own hometown.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 290 pages
• Publisher: Longstreet Press (May 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563522969
• ISBN-13: 978-1563522963
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #617,691 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Poingant, insightful, and inspiring, August 17, 1999

By A Customer

As a native Atlantan who is fully aware of the city's rich history, Frederick Allen's book opned my eyes to the breakneack, full throttle, tight-rope-walking nature of her growth. The book describes in entratining but expert fashion the chain of events that brought Atlanta into the international spotlight so quickly and so successfully. The relationships among Atlanta's decision makers and the backroom deals that shaped the city are fascinating and engaging as put forth by Allen.

This is a great book for anyone interested in Atlanta and how it became what it is at the end of the twentieth century.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine reporting, January 23, 2001

By	Michael Lewyn (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A good, somewhat objective guide to the history of Atlanta over the last 50 years, the sort of book that describes every mayoral election in detail. More boosterish about Atlanta than I would have been, perhaps because of the timing (i.e. right before the Olympics). Not nearly as much analysis as reporting, and not as much discussion of Atlanta's failures (e.g. why do Atlantans drive 34 miles a day? Why is Atlanta's crime rate after 10 years of decline as high as New York's in the bad old days of the early 90s?). But there are plenty of books on Atlanta that supply a more critical perspective (e.g. Bullard's Sprawl City).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent history of a great city, August 17, 2006

By	Adam Harpool (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Since I was very little, I have always admired Atlanta for its role as one of the world's major international centers - and I've also always wondered exactly how it accomplished this status and mind-boggling growth while other Southern cities such as Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans failed to capitalize on their full potentials. This book provides just that insight by exploring the powerful men, such as William Hartsfield, MLK Jr, Ivan Allen, etc. who shaped Atlanta's development over the last half-century. A fun book and a definite must read for those into the 20th Century history of American cities.