Athens of the New South: College Life and the Making of Modern Nashville

In 2013, the New York Times identified Nashville as America's "it" city- a leading hub of music, culture, technology, food, and business. But long before, the Tennessee captial was known as the "Athens of the South," as a reflection of the city's reputation for the investment in its institution of higher education, which especially blossomed after the end of the Civil War and through the New South Era from 1865 to 1930.