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Memphis and the paradox of place : globalization in the American South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rushing, Wanda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolinia Press, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:New directions in southern studies.
Subjects:
Memphis (Tenn.) > History.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Civilization.
Place (Philosophy)
Culture and globalization > Tennessee > Memphis.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Tennessee > Memphis.
Globalization > Social aspects > Tennessee > Memphis.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Globalization and the South : Memphis and the paradoxes of place
  • Neither old South nor new South : Memphis and the paradoxes of identity
  • Urban space and place : Memphis and the paradoxes of power
  • Cotton fields, cargo planes, and biotechnology : Memphis and the paradoxes of development
  • Globalization and popular culture : Memphis and the paradoxes of innovation
  • Gender, race, ritual, and social power : Memphis and the paradoxes of tradition
  • Place matters : continuity and discontinuity.