{"product_id":"atlantas-olympic-resurgence-michael-dobbins-9781467147248","title":"Atlanta's Olympic Resurgence: How the 1996 Games Revived a Struggling City","description":"The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan, Randal Roark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467147249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467147248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Michael Dobbins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995347484927,"sku":"9781467147248","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e135e9b-4f2c-49f7-84d5-9bb3a57d9742.jpg?v=1683335310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atlantas-olympic-resurgence-michael-dobbins-9781467147248","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}