The national context : the creation of the connected age -- The macroeconomics of change : forces transforming North Carolina's economy -- The microeconomics of change : the remaking of North Carolina's industries -- Impacts on people -- Impacts on places -- Impacts on policies -- North...

The South in the era of market dominance -- Reengineered and rewired: downsized business and the insecure worker -- After the deluge: office workers and the era of uncertainty in Virginia -- Wealth against commonwealth: Southern labor in the era of market dominance -- Trading in Southern...

Race relations and economic progress -- The economic, racial, and political contexts of the cities -- Blacks and business sector employment -- African Americans in the municipal workforces -- Race, gender, and ethnicity : competition for employment opportunities -- Affirmative action and Black...

1900 : A Western economy in a Southern setting -- The transfer of public lands -- Developing the rail network -- Sunshine agriculture before 1900 -- Tourism before 1930 -- The 1920s : urbanization, boom, and collapse -- 1930 : a frontier economy with a sunshine sector -- 1930-1945 : depression,...

The economic chaos and turbulence we are now experiencing are merely the opening salvos in what will prove to be a long, disruptive period of adjustment for our world, our way of life, and our dreams and desires. Our choices now are to either evolve a new economic model that is compatible with...

This book addresses the economic history and future of small cities and towns across the country, as they have and will continue to see dramatic shifts in the roles they play in the extant larger economies. The book addresses the difficult questions asked by these communities as they face an...