Region, Race and Cities

by Goldfield, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780807122440
• ISBN10: 0807122440
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

For more than 25 years, historian David Goldfield has interpreted southern urban history for various audiences. This collection of eleven of Goldfield's best articles-- four unseen until now--discusses the economic importance of the South's small antebellum cities, the impact of World War II on southern cities, black political power, quality of life, and much more.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Making of a Southern Urban Historian	p. 1
Region
The Origins of Southern Regionalism	p. 17
A Regional Framework for the Urban South	p. 37
Urban-Rural Relations in Old Virginia	p. 69
From Boondock to Buckhead in Southern Literature	p. 87
Race
Black Life in Old South Cities	p. 103
Jews, Blacks, and Southern Whites	p. 145
Black Political Power and Public Policy in the Urban South	p. 163
Cities
Cities in the Old South	p. 189
The Urban South in World War II	p. 247
Education, Equity, and Quality of Life in the Sun Belt South	p. 260
The City as Southern History	p. 267
Index	p. 305
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