America's Johannesburg
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America's Johannesburg by Bobby M Wilson
No American city symbolizes the black struggle for civil rights more than Birmingham, Alabama. In this critical analysis of why Birmingham became such a focal point, Bobby M. Wilson argues that AlabamaOs path to industrialism differed significantly from that in the North and Midwest. True to its antebellum roots, no other industrial city in the United States would depend so much upon the exploitation of black labor so early in its development as Birmingham. A persuasive exploration of the links between AlabamaOs slaveholding order and the subsequent industrialization of the state, WilsonOs study demonstrates that arguments based on classical economics fail to take into account the ways in which racial issues influenced the rise of industrial capitalism.
Bobby M. Wilson is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama. His research interests include urban geography, social geography, and North America. He is the author of Race and Place in Birmingham: The Civil Rights and Neighborhood Movements (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000). He is the co-author of "Zoning as a Form of Social Engineering," in Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering with Seth Appiah-Opoku (Springer 2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820356273 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820356271 |
| Title | America's Johannesburg |
| Author | Bobby M Wilson |
| Series | Geographies Of Justice And Social Transformation Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Year published | 2019-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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