History Faculty Publications
Title
Review: 'Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic'
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
6-1996
Publication Source
American Historical Review
Abstract
Ask a displaced Alabamian (as I did) about their memories of Birmingham, and chances are the first words uttered go something like "dirty, sooty, and poor." During the second half of the twentieth century life rarely got better, as Birmingham was left behind while neighboring Atlanta's reputation, and population, waxed greatly. In short, Birmingham in our time emerged with a rust-belt image, despite its being geographically situated well within the sunbelt, and with its sense of place being negatively attenuated further by the accumulation. of generations of racial injustice. How did Birmingham get that way?
Inclusive pages
926-927
ISBN/ISSN
0002-8762
Copyright
Copyright © 1996, Oxford University Press
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Volume
101
Issue
3
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Heitmann, John Alfred, "Review: 'Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic'" (1996). History Faculty Publications. 81.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub/81
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Comments
Permission documentation is on file.
Book's citation information: Lewis, W. David. Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic. Tuscaloosa AL: University of Alabama Press, 1994.