Atlanta's Olympic resurgence : how the 1996 Games revived a struggling city /
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| Author / Creator: | Dobbins, Michael, 1938- author. |
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| Edition: | E-Book edition. |
| Imprint: | Charleston, SC : History Press, 2021. ©2021 |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( 222 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12667738 |
| Summary: | The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( 222 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references pages [213]-215 |
| ISBN: | 9781439672563 1439672563 1467147249 9781467147248 |
