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The Memphis Book - The story of a city: its history, its culture, its people and potential (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 1 860
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The Memphis Book - The story of a city: its history, its culture, its people and potential (Paperback)
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Loot Price R186
Discovery Miles 1 860
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The Memphis Book is a love letter to a city you thought you knew.
It is not a history book about rock and roll, the blues, BBQ, Elvis
and FedEx. It is about much more. It shows us a city that survived
the Yellow Fever (twice), sustains racial discord and hangs in the
balance for new development and industry. With a few missteps along
the way Memphis can still be a great city, but some proactive
measures must be taken that acknowledge our past and present state
with objectivity. We have leadership seemingly not well traveled
(displayed ad infinitum via TV, editorials and more), provincial
and unaware that the world has moved on and we have been passed by
other metropolitan areas that are self sustaining, eco-friendly,
commercially proactive and globally competitive. This book will
highlight what is overlooked and offer remedies to what ails our
city on the bluff. An excerpt: As people move in from other areas
of the US (large portions in Midtown and in the outlying towns of
Bartlett, Collierville and others) ) they bring with them
appetites, expectations, established patterns and traditions that
Memphis has always been slow to accommodate. Memphis has been slow
in change mainly due to demographic restrictions propagated by many
sources (media, politicians, etc) that we are not diverse, nor
heterogeneous and not cosmopolitan. We need forums of commerce,
transportation and education that reflect those of other large
bourgeoning metropolitan areas across the US. It is necessary for
legislation, leadership, private entities and others to get with
the program, coordinate in their own fashion and usher Memphis into
the 21st century.
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