Knoxville, Tennessee
Subtitle: a mountain city in the new South
By: William Bruce Wheeler.
Contributors: McDonald, Michael J., 1934-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.; Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Economic conditions.; Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Social conditions.; Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-236) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Knoxville, Tennessee / Michael J. McDonald and William Bruce Wheeler. 1st ed. c1983.
Table of contents: title: The new South comes to Appalachia : the emergence of Knoxville, 1850-1940; title: Lost confidence and the culture of ugliness : Knoxville in World War II and the postwar era; title: The wheels come off the wagon : Knoxville in the 1950s; title: New energy for an old city : Knoxville in the 1960s-1980s; title: Perils and promises of a new South city : Knoxville in the modern age.