04384nam 2200757Ia 450 991082202910332120240410193831.01-280-59611-297866136259460-8203-4393-5(CKB)2560000000082759(EBL)3039119(OCoLC)794413048(SSID)ssj0000654863(PQKBManifestationID)11349412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000654863(PQKBWorkID)10661372(PQKB)11732719(MdBmJHUP)muse17757(Au-PeEL)EBL3039119(CaPaEBR)ebr10568909(CaONFJC)MIL362594(MiAaPQ)EBC3039119(EXLCZ)99256000000008275920091215d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCharlotte, NC[electronic resource] the global evolution of a new South city /edited by William Graves and Heather A. Smith1st ed.Athens University of Georgia Pressc20101 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8203-4308-0 0-8203-3561-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.) / Jose L.S. Gámez -- Epilogue: Charlotte at the globalizing crossroads / Owen J. Furuseth.Despite its rapid transformation, Charlotte remains distinctively southern--globalizing, not yet global. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and local experts to ask what happens when the forces of globalization combine with a city's internal dynamics to reshape local structures, landscapes, and identities.Cities and townsSouthern StatesGrowthCase studiesCity and town lifeNorth CarolinaCharlotteGlobalizationSocial aspectsNorth CarolinaCharlotteGlobalizationSocial aspectsSouthern StatesGrowthCase studiesSocial changeNorth CarolinaCharlotteSocial changeSouthern StatesCase studiesUrbanizationNorth CarolinaCharlotteCharlotte (N.C.)Economic conditionsCharlotte (N.C.)Social conditionsCities and townsGrowthCity and town lifeGlobalizationSocial aspectsGlobalizationSocial aspectsGrowthSocial changeSocial changeUrbanization330.9756/76Graves WilliamPh. D.130459Smith Heather A936148MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822029103321Charlotte, NC4065369UNINA