The New Economy and the Modern South [electronic resource] /
Dennis, Michael,1967-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2009.
Drawing from a close study of northern Virginia, Dennis provides compelling evidence that local communities can be as much a driving force for change in the worldwide marketplace as metropolitan areas or so-called 'global cities'.
Drawing from a close study of northern Virginia, Dennis provides compelling evidence that local communities can be as much a driving force for change in the worldwide marketplace as metropolitan areas or so-called 'global cities'.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
The South in the era of market dominance -- Reengineered and rewired: downsized business and the insecure worker -- After the deluge: office workers and the era of uncertainty in Virginia -- Wealth against commonwealth: Southern labor in the era of market dominance -- Trading in Southern futures: NAFTA and Virginia -- Virginia is for business: selling the commonwealth in the competition era -- Dreams of revolution: Virginia's conservatives in the 1990s -- Democratic vistas in the Old Dominion: organizing for change among working Virginians -- Only yesterday: hope and disillusionment at the end of a century.
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Industrial promotion
Business enterprises