![]() | Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City Subjects: Charlotte (N.C.) -- Economic conditions; Charlotte (N.C.) -- Social conditions; Social change -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; Urbanization -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; Globalization -- Social aspects -- North Carolina -- Charlotte; City and town life -; The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from "regional backwater" to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation's premier banking and financial cores with interests reaching broadly into global markets. Once defined by its biracial and bicultural character, Charlotte is now an emerging immigrant gateway drawing newcomers from Latin America and across the globe. Once derided for its sleepy, nine-to-five "uptown," Charlotte's center city has been wholly transformed by residential gentrification, corporate headquarters construction, and amenity-based redevelopment. And yet, despite its rapid transformation, Charlotte remains distinctively southern--globalizing, not yet global. William Graves (Editor) WILLIAM GRAVES is an associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Heather A. Smith (Editor) HEATHER A. SMITH is an associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. |
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