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.