| America's Johannesburg: Industrialization and Racial Transformation in Birmingham Contributor(s): Wilson, Bobby M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847694801 ISBN-13: 9780847694808 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $153.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: 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 AlabamaAIs 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 AlabamaAIs slaveholding order and the subsequent industrialization of the state, WilsonAIs 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 99014832 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.26" W x 9" (1.08 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |