{"product_id":"americas-johannesburg-bobby-m-wilson-9780820356273","title":"America's Johannesburg: Industrialization and Racial Transformation in Birmingham","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn some ways, no American city symbolizes the black struggle for civil rights more than Birmingham, Alabama. During the 1950s and 1960s, Birmingham gained national and international attention as a center of activity and unrest during the civil rights movement. Racially motivated bombings of the houses of black families who moved into new neighborhoods or who were politically active during this era were so prevalent that Birmingham earned the nickname \"Bombingham.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this critical analysis of why Birmingham became such a national flashpoint, Bobby M. Wilson argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that of states in the North and Midwest. True to its antebellum roots, no other industrial city in the United States depended as much on the exploitation of black labor so early in its urban development as Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA persuasive exploration of the links between Alabama's slaveholding order and the subsequent industrialization of the state, \u003cem\u003eAmerica's Johannesburg \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates that arguments based on classical economics fail to take into account the ways in which racial issues influenced the rise of industrial capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobby M. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820356271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Bobby M. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926519021823,"sku":"9780820356273","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_132b58d4-74fb-4cd6-984a-08a440defcf1.jpg?v=1681083511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americas-johannesburg-bobby-m-wilson-9780820356273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}