Urbanization: Volume 15: Urbanization - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0807871397 ISBN 13: 9780807871393

Casa editrice: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2010

Riassunto

This 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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Wanda 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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This volume offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the 18th century to the 21st, surveying important southern cities individually and examining the various issues that shape patterns of urbanization from a broad regional perspective. Forty-eight thematic essays consider the ongoing remarkable growth of southern urban centers, new immigration patterns, booming regional entrepreneurial activities with global reach, and mounting challenges that result from these patterns. Thirty-one topical entries focus on individual cities and urban cultural elements, including Mardi Gras, Dollywood, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of North Carolina Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0807871397
• ISBN 13: 9780807871393
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 262
• Redattore: Rushing Wanda, Wilson Charles Reagan
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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