Description
Book SynopsisThis volume examines patterns of growth, government organization, and cultural representation that created a new region across the nation's southern rim following World War II. Essays explain how ideology and political economy restructured space within the Sunbelt, making the landscape and lives of its inhabitants more uniformly metropolitan.
Trade Review"This well-written and insightful book mirrors the very region it attempts to understand. While certain shared commonalities exist, one is most struck by the differences between locations and the rich diversity of people and experiences. . . . The real strength of
Sunbelt Rising is the innovative scholarship found within its pages." *
Western Historical Quarterly *
"An important and insightful anthology for scholars interested in the socioeconomic, cultural, and political history of the American Sunbelt. . . . Replete with innovation, thoughtful analysis, and mature synthesis,
Sunbelt Rising should quickly become a go-to test for scholars interested in the region's social and political culture." *
Journal of Southern History *
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Sunbelt Rising represents the maturation of a new generation of scholarship on the Sunbelt. Drawing on recent work in metropolitan history, urban planning, economics, and political science, these scholars reach provocative conclusions on issues of race, religion, politics, and economic development that see beyond established regional boundaries. Altogether an impressive volume." * Bruce Schulman, author of
The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Politics, and Society *
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Sunbelt Rising provides fresh perspectives on established subjects, including racial division, boosterism and growth politics, and the making of modern conservatism. It also pushes the discussion in new and interesting directions, bringing in issues like energy development, Native American policy, prison construction, and evangelical entrepreneurs, among others." * Kevin M. Kruse, author of
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
I. CONSTRUCTING REGION
Chapter 1. Sunbelt Boosterism: Industrial Recruitment, Economic Development, and Growth Politics in the Developing Sunbelt
—Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Chapter 2. Strom Thurmond's Sunbelt: Rethinking Regional Politics and the Rise of the Right
—Joseph Crespino
Chapter 3. Big Government and Family Values: Political Culture in the Metropolitan Sunbelt
—Matthew D. Lassiter
Chapter 4. Religion and Political Behavior in the Sunbelt
—Lyman A. Kellstedt and James L. Guth
II. CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE SUNBELT
Chapter 5. From the Southwest to the Nation: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Los Angeles
—Shana Bernstein
Chapter 6. Sunbelt Civil Rights: Urban Renewal and the Follies of Desegregation in Greater Miami
—N. D. B. Connolly
Chapter 7. Racial Liberalism and the Rise of the Sunbelt West: The Defeat of Fair Housing on the 1964 California Ballot
—Daniel Martinez HoSang
III. CONTINGENT PLACES
Chapter 8. Sunbelt Lock-Up: Where the Suburbs Met the Super-Max
—Volker Janssen
Chapter 9. Sunbelt Imperialism: Boosters, Navajos, and Energy Development in the Metropolitan Southwest
—Andrew Needham
Chapter 10. Real Estate and Race: Imagining the Second Circuit of Capital in Sunbelt Cities
—Carl Abbott
PART IV. THE GLOBAL SUNBELT
Chapter 11. The Marketplace Missions of S. Truett Cathy, Chick-fil-A, and the Sunbelt South
—Darren E. Grem
Chapter 12. Tortilla Politics: Mexican Food, Globalization, and the Sunbelt
—Laresh Jayasanker
Chapter 13. Latinos in the Sunbelt: Political Implications of Demographic Change
—Sylvia Manzano
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
