The Sunbelt Revisited: What Really Happened to the Southern Economy?
An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by
The Center for Society and Industry in the Modern South
24-25 March 2000
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
FRIDAY, 24 March 2000
THE ALUMNI/FACULTY HOUSE2:00-2:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Douglas Flamming, Director, Center for Society and Industry in the Modern South
2:15-4:00
SESSION 1: The Carpet Revolution: Views of Shaw Industries from Inside and Out
Chair:
Steve Usselman, historian, Georgia Institute of Technology"A Historian Looks at Shaw"
Randall Patton, historian, Kennesaw State University"The View from the Corporate Office"
Julius Shaw, Executive Vice President for Investor Relations, Shaw IndustriesComments:
Christine P. Ries, economist, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ernest Holsendolph, journalist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution4:00-4:30
Coffee Break
4:30-6:30
SESSION 2: The South's Economic and Industrial History at a Crossroads
(sponsored by the Southern Industrialization Project)Chair:
Robert McMath, historian, Georgia Institute of Technology"Old South, New South, Sunbelt South"
Gavin Wright, economic historian, Stanford University
"The Offensive South: Labor Policy and Practice"
Thomas E. Terrill, historian, University of South CarolinaComments: Susanna Delfino, historian, University of Genoa (Italy)
SATURDAY, 25 March 2000
THE BILL MOORE STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER9:00-9:30
Coffee and Danish
9:30-11:15
SESSION 3: The Quest for Tourism
Chair:
LeeAnn Bishop Lands, historian, Georgia Institute of Technology"Creating 'A Variety Vacationland': Tourism and Development in North Carolina, 1930-1999"
Richard D. Starnes, historian, Mars Hill College"The Biltmore Company: Where Business and Preservation Mix"
Stephen P. Miller, Executive Vice President, The Biltmore CompanyComments:
Harvey K. Newman, urban studies, Georgia State University11:15-12:45
Lunch and Book Signing with Rick Bragg, Maia Thomas, and Mary Hood
1:00-2:30
SESSION 4: The Sunbelt I Knew: Southern Writers Look Back
Chair:
Douglas Flamming, Director, Center for Society and Industry in the Modern SouthRick Bragg, author of All Over But the Shoutin'
V. Maia Thomas, author of Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
Mary Hood, author of How Far She Went, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction
2:30-3:00
Coffee Break
3:00-5:00
SESSION 5: The NASCAR Revolution
Chair:
August Giebelhaus, historian, Georgia Institute of Technology"Origins of the Superspeedway"
Ben Shackleford, historian, Georgia Institute of Technology"Southern Belles to Speed Demons: Women in NASCAR"
Rebecca Lynch, researcher, National Museum of American History"Thirty Years of NASCAR"
Henley Gray, retired NASCAR driver, Gray RacingComments:
Bradley R. Rice, historian, Clayton College & State University
OTHER EVENTS
The Southern Industrialization Project (SIP) business meeting will be held Saturday, 25 March 2000 from 11:15 to 12:45 at the Bill Moore Student Success Center.