Author: David B. LongbrakePublisher: HarperTorch
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Sunshine and Shadows in Metropolitan Miami
Author: David B. LongbrakePublisher: HarperTorch
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Sunbelt Cities
Author: Richard M. BernardPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292769822
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Between 1940 and 1980, the Sunbelt region of the United States grew in population by 112 percent, while the older, graying Northeast and Midwest together grew by only 42 percent. Phoenix expanded by an astonishing 1,138 percent. San Diego, Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, Tampa, Miami, and Atlanta quadrupled in size. Even a Sunbelt laggard such as New Orleans more than doubled its population. Sunbelt Cities brings together a collection of outstanding original essays on the growth and late-twentieth-century political development of the major metropolitan areas below the thirty-seventh parallel. The cities surveyed are Albuquerque, Atlanta, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, and Tampa. Each author examines the economic and social causes of postwar population growth in the city under consideration and the resulting changes in its political climate. Major causes of growth such as changing economic conditions, industrial recruitment, lifestyle preferences, and climate are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the role of the federal government, especially the Pentagon, in encouraging development in the Sunbelt. Describing characteristic political developments of many of these cities, the authors note shifting political alliances, the ouster of machines and business elites from political power, and the rise of minority and neighborhood groups in local politics. Sunbelt Cities is the first full-scale scholarly examination of the region popularly conceived as the Sunbelt. As one of the first works to thoroughly examine a wide range of cities within the region, it has served as a standard reference on the area for some time.
National Urban Recreation Study
Author: United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation ServicePublisher:
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Category : Open spaces
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
National Urban Recreation Study
Author: Technical report 13
Author: United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
Book Description
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Author: Wanda RushingPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807898309
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, surveying important southern cities individually and examining the various issues that shape patterns of urbanization from a broad regional perspective. Looking beyond the post-World War II era and the emergence of the Sunbelt economy to examine recent and contemporary developments, the 48 thematic essays consider the ongoing remarkable growth of southern urban centers, new immigration patterns (such as the influx of Latinos and the return-migration of many African Americans), booming regional entrepreneurial activities with global reach (such as the rise of the southern banking industry and companies such as CNN in Atlanta and FedEx in Memphis), and mounting challenges that result from these patterns (including population pressure and urban sprawl, aging and deteriorating infrastructure, gentrification, and state and local budget shortfalls). The 31 topical entries focus on individual cities and urban cultural elements, including Mardi Gras, Dollywood, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
A Guide to Information Sources in the Geographical Sciences
Author: Stephen GoddardPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780389204039
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Geography is a wide-ranging discipline and the number of information sources available is truly enormous. These include printed books and journal articles, maps, satellite photographs, archives, statistical information, and much else. One particular problem facing geographers is that when one studies a foreign country, information may be available only in the foreign country and difficult to obtain. This book discusses the information sources available to geographers.
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