Research Catalog

Title

Downtown revitalisation and delta blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi : lessons for small cities and towns / John C. Henshall.

Author

Henshall, John C.

Publication

• Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xvii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

This book is about Clarksdale, a small town in Mississippi, USA, and how the local community has revitalised the long-dilapidated downtown, with the renewal based on the town's intimate association with Blues music and the culture that flows through the Mississippi Delta. John Henshall highlights underlying trends in downtown decline and revitalisation in cities and towns in America, togeter with commentary of his own experience at home in Australia. In Clarksdale, downtown economic revitalisation gained momentum in the mid-2000s as local residents and newcomers focused their entrepreneurial and creative efforts on promoting Clarksdale's heritage, which is steeped in Blues music and Delta culture. While much attention to date has been given to large cities - from Sydney to San Francisco and from London to New York - as 'creative cities', little has been written about creativity in small cities and towns. This book delves into the positive role played by creative individuals in the economic revitalisation of downtown Clarksdale.

Alternative Title

Lessons for small cities and towns

Subjects

• Urban renewal
• Mississippi > Economic conditions
• Mississippi > Clarksdale
• Mississippi > Social conditions
• Urban renewal > Mississippi > Clarksdale > Citizen participation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- Downtown decline and revitalisation: national trends and Clarksdale's experience -- Delta blues and culture -- Clarksdale, the Delta, and the economy -- Businesses in downtown Clarksdale -- Clarksdale and tourism -- Creative people in downtown revitalisation: the theory -- Clarksdale's champions and creative people: the reality -- Planning for economic development and downtown revitalisation -- Community views on downtown revitalisation -- Clarksdale's experience in downtown revitalisation: an overview -- Lessons in downtown revitalisation for small cities and towns.

Call Number

JFD 19-2003

ISBN

• 981132106X
• 9789811321061
• 9811321078 (canceled/invalid)
• 9789811321078 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1078882485

Author

Henshall, John C., author.

Title

Downtown revitalisation and delta blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi : lessons for small cities and towns / John C. Henshall.

Publisher

Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Henshall, John C. Downtown revitalisation and delta blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 9789811321078 (OCoLC)1066248005

Research Call Number

JFD 19-2003