Charlotte, NC : the global evolution of a new South city / edited by William Graves and Heather A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graves, William, 1967-

Smith, Heather A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects.

Growth.

Social change.

Cities and towns.

City and town life.

Urbanization.

Charlotte (N.C.)--Economic conditions.

Charlotte (N.C.).

Charlotte (N.C.)--Social conditions.

Social change--North Carolina--Charlotte.

Urbanization--North Carolina--Charlotte.

Globalization--Social aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte.

Globalization.

City and town life--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.

Southern States.

North Carolina--Charlotte.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

310 pages : illustrations maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Charlotte, N.C.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction: from mill town to financial capital : Charlotte's global evolution / Heather A. Smith and William Graves

A place to come to / David Goldfield

Searching for respect : from "new South" to "world class" at the crossroads of the Carolinas / Matthew D. Lassiter

Red dust and dynamometers : Charlotte as memory and knowledge community in NASCAR / Ronald L. Mitchelson and Derek H. Alderman

Blending Southern culture and international finance : the construction of a global money center / William Graves and Jonathon Kozar

Beyond local markets : the export performance and challenges of Charlotte manufacturers / Ronald V. Kalafsky

A place for old mills in a new economy : textile mill reuse in Charlotte / Tyrel G. Moore and Gerald L. Ingalls

Banking on the neighborhood : corporate citizenship and revitalization in uptown Charlotte / Heather A. Smith and Emily Thomas Livingstone

Developing a typology of African American neighborhoods in the American South : the case of Charlotte / Gerald L. Ingalls and Isaac Heard, Jr.

Development and the politics of school desegregation and resegregation / Stephen Samuel Smith

Centers and edges : the confusion of urban and suburban paradigms in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's development patterns / David Walters

Salad-bowl suburbs : a history of Charlotte's East Side and South Boulevard immigrant corridors / Tom Hanchett

Mi reina : Latino landscapes in the Queen City (Charlotte, N.C.) / José L.S. Gámez

Epilogue: Charlotte at the globalizing crossroads / Owen J. Furuseth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820335612

0820335614

OCLC:

456179357