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Charlotte, NC : the global evolution of a new South city
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- Creator
- edited by William Graves and Heather A. Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- vi, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0820343935, 9786613625946, 0820343080, 9780820335612, 9780820343938, 0820335614, 1280596112
- OCLC
- ocn456179357, ocn794413048
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: from mill town to financial capital : Charlotte's global evolution / Heather A. Smith and William Graves -- A place to come to / David Goldfield -- Searching for respect : from "new South" to "world class" at the crossroads of the Carolinas / Matthew D. Lassiter -- Red dust and dynamometers : Charlotte as memory and knowledge community in NASCAR / Ronald L. Mitchelson and Derek H. Alderman -- Blending Southern culture and international finance : the construction of a global money center / William Graves and Jonathon Kozar -- Beyond local markets : the export performance and challenges of Charlotte manufacturers / Ronald V. Kalafsky -- A place for old mills in a new economy : textile mill reuse in Charlotte / Tyrel G. Moore and Gerald L. Ingalls -- Banking on the neighborhood : corporate citizenship and revitalization in uptown Charlotte / Heather A. Smith and Emily Thomas Livingstone -- Developing a typology of African American neighborhoods in the American South : the case of Charlotte / Gerald L. Ingalls and Isaac Heard, Jr. -- Development and the politics of school desegregation and resegregation / Stephen Samuel Smith -- Centers and edges : the confusion of urban and suburban paradigms in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's development patterns / David Walters -- Salad-bowl suburbs : a history of Charlotte's East Side and South Boulevard immigrant corridors / Tom Hanchett -- Mi reina : Latino landscapes in the Queen City (Charlotte, N.C.) / José L.S. Gámez -- Epilogue: Charlotte at the globalizing crossroads / Owen J. Furuseth
Subjects
- Social change -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
- Urbanization -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
- Globalization -- Social aspects -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
- City and town life -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
- Cities and towns -- Southern States -- Growth -- Case studies.
- Social change -- Southern States -- Case studies.
- Globalization -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- Growth -- Case studies.
- Charlotte (N.C.) -- Economic conditions.
- Charlotte (N.C.) -- Social conditions.