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The sunbelt south: industrialization in regional, national, and industrial perspective
| Author: |
Cobb, James C. |
| Date: |
1990 |
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In: Mohl, R.A.,ed. Searching for the sunbelt:historical perspective on a region. Athens, GA:The University Press |
| Abstract: |
The Sunbelt South, consisting of the old Confederacy plus Kentucky and Oklahoma, is a region united by a common racial, cultural,
and economic heritage. Variously described as a colony or as the nation\'s number one economic problem, since the Civil War the area has
shown a common resolve to improve itself through economic progress, especially industrialization. Throughout its history it has been characterized by a persistent juxtaposition of concentrated wealth and widespread poverty. If the former has expanded considerably, the latter, while diminished, is far from disappeared. In the middle of the 1980s the Sunbelt South remains an enigma. |
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