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Urbanization (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807871393)
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xThis volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, surveying important southern cities individually and examining the various issues that shape patterns of urbanization from a broad regional perspective.
Looking beyond the post-World War II era and the emergence of the Sunbelt economy to examine recent and contemporary developments, the 48 thematic essays consider the ongoing remarkable growth of southern urban centers, new immigration patterns (such as the influx of Latinos and the return-migration of many African Americans), booming regional entrepreneurial activities with global reach (such as the rise of the southern banking industry and companies such as CNN in Atlanta and FedEx in Memphis), and mounting challenges that result from these patterns (including population pressure and urban sprawl, aging and deteriorating infrastructure, gentrification, and state and local budget shortfalls). The 31 topical entries focus on individual cities and urban cultural elements, including Mardi Gras, Dollywood, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Author: Wanda Rushing
ISBN-10: 0807871397
ISBN-13: 9780807871393
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2010
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.68w x 0.69d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2010 pg. 94
Looking beyond the post-World War II era and the emergence of the Sunbelt economy to examine recent and contemporary developments, the 48 thematic essays consider the ongoing remarkable growth of southern urban centers, new immigration patterns (such as the influx of Latinos and the return-migration of many African Americans), booming regional entrepreneurial activities with global reach (such as the rise of the southern banking industry and companies such as CNN in Atlanta and FedEx in Memphis), and mounting challenges that result from these patterns (including population pressure and urban sprawl, aging and deteriorating infrastructure, gentrification, and state and local budget shortfalls). The 31 topical entries focus on individual cities and urban cultural elements, including Mardi Gras, Dollywood, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Author: Wanda Rushing
ISBN-10: 0807871397
ISBN-13: 9780807871393
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2010
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.68w x 0.69d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2010 pg. 94
By Wanda Rushing
xWanda Rushing is professor of sociology at the University of Memphis. She is author of Memphis and the Paradox of Place: Globalization in the American South (UNC Press). Charles Reagan Wilson is Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair in History and Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor, with William Ferris, of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
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