Charlotte, NC
Subtitle: the global evolution of a new South city
By: edited by William Graves and Heather A. Smith.
Contributors: Graves, William, Ph. D.; Smith, Heather A.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780820335612
Subjects: Social change -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; Urbanization -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; Globalization -- Social aspects -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; City and town life -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; Social change -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; Cities and towns -- Southern States -- Growth -- Case studies; Social change -- Southern States -- Case studies; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- Growth -- Case studies; Charlotte (N.C.) -- Economic conditions; Charlotte (N.C.) -- Social conditions
Genres: Case studies
Other titles: Charlotte, N.C.; Charlotte, North Carolina
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: From mill town to financial capital : Charlotte's global evolution / Heather A. Smith and William Graves; title: A place to come to / David Goldfield; title: Searching for respect : from "new South" to "world class" at the crossroads of the Carolinas / Matthew D. Lassiter; title: Red dust and dynamometers : Charlotte as memory and knowledge community in NASCAR / Ronald L. Mitchelson and Derek H. Alderman; title: Blending Southern culture and international finance : the construction of a global money center / William Graves and Jonathon Kozar; title: Beyond local markets : the export performance and challenges of Charlotte manufacturers / Ronald V. Kalafsky; title: A place for old mills in a new economy : textile mill reuse in Charlotte / Tyrel G. Moore and Gerald L. Ingalls; title: Banking on the neighborhood : corporate citizenship and revitalization in uptown Charlotte / Heather A. Smith and Emily Thomas Livingstone; title: Developing a typology of African American neighborhoods in the American South : the case of Charlotte / Gerald L. Ingalls and Isaac Heard, Jr.; title: Development and the politics of school desegregation and resegregation / Stephen Samuel Smith; title: Centers and edges : the confusion of urban and suburban paradigms in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's development patterns / David Walters; title: Salad-bowl suburbs : a history of Charlotte's East Side and South Boulevard immigrant corridors / Tom Hanchett; title: Mi reina : Latino landscapes in the Queen City (Charlotte, N.C.) / José L. S. Gámez; title: Epilogue: Charlotte at the globalizing crossroads / Owen J. Furuseth.