America's Johannesburg : Industrialization and Racial Transformation in Birmingham /

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"In some ways, no American city symbolizes the black struggle for civil rights more than Birmingham, Alabama. During the 1950s and 1960s, Birmingham gained national and international attention as a center of activity and unrest during the civil rights movement. Racially motivated bombings of th...

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Autor principal: Wilson, Bobby M., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, 2019.
Edición:Paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Industrialization.
Economic history.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Industrialisation > Alabama > Birmingham > Histoire.
Noirs americains > Alabama > Birmingham > Conditions economiques.
Noirs americains > Alabama > Birmingham > Conditions sociales.
Capitalism > Social aspects > Alabama > Birmingham > History.
Industrialization > Alabama > Birmingham > History.
African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Economic conditions.
African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Social conditions.
Alabama > Birmingham.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Economic conditions.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:"In some ways, no American city symbolizes the black struggle for civil rights more than Birmingham, Alabama. During the 1950s and 1960s, Birmingham gained national and international attention as a center of activity and unrest during the civil rights movement. Racially motivated bombings of the houses of black families who moved into new neighborhoods or who were politically active during this era were so prevalent that Birmingham earned the nickname "Bombingham." In this critical analysis of why Birmingham became such a national flashpoint, Bobby M. Wilson argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that of states in the North and Midwest. True to its antebellum roots, no other industrial city in the United States depended as much on the exploitation of black labor so early in its urban development as Birmingham. A persuasive exploration of the links between Alabama's slaveholding order and the subsequent industrialization of the state, America's Johannesburg demonstrates that arguments based on classical economics fail to take into account the ways in which racial issues influenced the rise of industrial capitalism"--
Notas:"Originally published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc ... Copyright 2000"--Title page verso
Descripción Física:1 online resource (292 pages).
ISBN:9780820356280

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