Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

Details

Additional Authors

• Graves, William, Ph. D.
• Smith, Heather A.

Description

1 online resource (vi, 310 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

Charlotte, NC (Online)

Alternative Title

• Charlotte, N.C.
• Charlotte, North Carolina

Subject

• Social change > North Carolina > Charlotte
• Urbanization > North Carolina > Charlotte
• Globalization > Social aspects > North Carolina > Charlotte
• City and town life > North Carolina > Charlotte
• Cities and towns > Southern States > Growth > Case studies
• Social change > Southern States > Case studies
• Globalization > Social aspects > Growth > Southern States > Case studies
• Charlotte (N.C.) > Economic conditions
• Charlotte (N.C.) > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2009051210

OCLC

ssj0000654863

Title

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

Imprint

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Graves, William, Ph. D.

Smith, Heather A.