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Globalization And The American South
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Description for Globalization And The American South
Hardcover. In 1955 the Forbes magazine list of America's largest corporations included 18 with headquarters in the Southeast. By 2002 it had grown to 123. The essays collected here consider this dynamism, and the region's place in that ever-accelerating, transnational flow of people, capital, and technology known as "globalization." Editor(s): Cobb, James C.; Stueck, William W. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
In 1955 the Forbes magazine list of America's largest corporations included just 18 with headquarters in the Southeast. By 2002 the number had grown to 123. In fact, the South attracted over half of the foreign businesses drawn to the United States in the 1990s. The eight original essays collected here consider this stunning dynamism in ways that help us see anew the region's place in that ever-accelerating, transnational flow of people, capital, and technology known collectively as ""globalization."" Moving between local and global perspectives, the essays discuss how once faraway places like Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Indian ... Read more
In 1955 the Forbes magazine list of America's largest corporations included just 18 with headquarters in the Southeast. By 2002 the number had grown to 123. In fact, the South attracted over half of the foreign businesses drawn to the United States in the 1990s. The eight original essays collected here consider this stunning dynamism in ways that help us see anew the region's place in that ever-accelerating, transnational flow of people, capital, and technology known collectively as ""globalization."" Moving between local and global perspectives, the essays discuss how once faraway places like Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Indian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820326474
SKU
V9780820326474
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About
James C. Cobb, Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia, specializes in the history and culture of the American South. William W. Stueck Jr., Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia, is an authority on U.S. diplomatic history, particularly American-Asian relations.
Reviews for Globalization And The American South
Reading through this fine collection, I wondered why it has taken so long for such a work to appear. One of the strengths of this volume is it timeliness. - David Goldfield, University of North Carolina at Charlotte