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The nine essays in this volume, originally presented at a 1998 conference sponsored by Georgia Tech's Center for the Study of Southern Industrialization, document some of the economic, political, and cultural changes that have occurred during the secon d wave of southern industrialization. Authors of the papers are geographers, historians, and sociologists. Each contribution is a case study of a specific industry during or after World War II. Three essays examine, in turn, the political, economic, and social aspects of aircraft manufacturing in suburban Atlanta. Five essays focus on different industrial sectors: carpeting, cotton textiles, petrochemicals, timber, and automobiles. The ninth essay is a statistical analysis of the contribution of the f ederal government to the South's manufacturing growth in the post-war era. An afterword by Gavin Wright provides an overview of each essay's contribution to our understanding of southern industrialization since 1940. The papers are uniformly of high qua lity and of interest to both specialists and non-specialists. Upper-division undergraduates through professional.

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