The American South in a Global World

<p>Looking beyond broad theories of globalization this volume examines the specific effects of globalizing forces on the southern United States. Eighteen essays approach globalization from a variety of perspectives addressing such topics as relations between global and local communities; immigration particularly of Latinos and Asians; local industry in a time of globalization; power and confrontation between rural and urban worlds; race ethnicity and organizing for social justice; and the assimilation of foreign-born professionals.<br/><br/>From portraits of the political and economic positions of Latinos in Miami and Houston to the effects of mountaintop removal on West Virginia communities these snapshots of globalization across a broad southern ground help redirect the study of the South in response to how the South itself is being reshaped by globalization in the twenty-first century.<br/><br/>Contributors:<br/>Catherine Brooks Morristown New Jersey<br/>David H. Ciscel University of Memphis<br/>Thaddeus Countway Guldbrandsen University of New Hampshire<br/>Carla Jones University of Colorado Boulder<br/>Sawa Kurotani University of Redlands (Redlands Cal.)<br/>Paul A. Levengood Virginia Historical Society<br/>Carrie R. Matthews University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Bryan McNeil University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Marcela Mendoza University of Memphis<br/>Donald M. Nonini University of Toronto<br/>James L. Peacock University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Barbara Ellen Smith University of Memphis<br/>Jennie M. Smith Berry College (Mount Berry Ga.)<br/>Sandy Smith-Nonini University of Toronto<br/>Ellen Griffith Spears Emory University<br/>Gregory Stephens University of West Indies-Mona<br/>Steve Striffler University of Arkansas<br/>Ajantha Subramanian Harvard University<br/>Meenu Tewari University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Lucila Vargas University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Harry L. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Rachel A. Willis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</p>