Searching for the sunbelt : historical perspectives on a region / edited by Raymond A. Mohl.

Other author Mohl, Raymond A.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1990.
Descriptionxi, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents New West, new South, new region : the discovery of the Sunbelt / Carl Abbott -- The Sunbelt South : industrialization in regional, national, and international perspective / James C. Cobb -- The origins of the Sunbelt- Frostbelt struggle : defense spending and city building / Roger W. Lotchin -- Metropolitan politics in the American Sunbelt / Richard M. Bernard -- Politics and growth in Sunbelt cities / Amy Bridges -- Models of ethnic and racial politics in the urban Sunbelt South / Ronald H. Bayor -- New origins, new homeland, new region : American immigration and the emergence of the Sunbelt, 1955-1985 / Elliott Barkan -- Miami : new immigrant city / Raymond A. Mohl -- The end of the long hot summer : the air conditioner and Southern culture / Raymond Arsenault -- Searching for the Sunbelt / Bradley R. Rice -- Epilogue : the vanishing Sunbelt / David R. Goldfield and Howard N. Rabinowitz.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 89077169
ISBN0870496409 (alk. paper) :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F787 .M63 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold