Charlotte, Nc - The Global Evolution of a New South City

Informationen zum Autor William Graves (Editor) > Heather A. Smith (Editor) > Klappentext Brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars and local experts to examine Charlotte from multiple angles. Their topics include the banking industry, gentrification, boosterism, architecture, city planning, transit, public schools, NASCAR, and the African American and Latino communities. The contributors ask what happens when the external forces of globalization combine with a city's internal dynamics to reshape local structures, landscapes, and identities. Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William (EDT)/ Smith Graves
• Mitarbeit: William Graves (Herausgeber), Heather A Smith (Herausgeber), Heather A. Smith (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: The University of Georgia Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9780820343082
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4308-2
• Seiten: 320
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien