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North America's Distribution Center North America's Distribution Center
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When Cotton was King When Cotton was King
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Entrepreneurialism and Geographic Location Entrepreneurialism and Geographic Location
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Southern Industrialization, Deindustrialization, and Geographic Location Southern Industrialization, Deindustrialization, and Geographic Location
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Region, Race, and Labor Region, Race, and Labor
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Postindustrial Memphis: Redevelopment and Recovery Postindustrial Memphis: Redevelopment and Recovery
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Research, Education, and Downtown: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Research, Education, and Downtown: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Research, Education, and Downtown: Ut-Baptist Research Park Research, Education, and Downtown: Ut-Baptist Research Park
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Education, Quality of Life, and the New Economy Education, Quality of Life, and the New Economy
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The Legacy of Memphis Development and Underdevelopment The Legacy of Memphis Development and Underdevelopment
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The Future of Development The Future of Development
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4 Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, & Biotechnology: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Development
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Published:September 2009
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Abstract
This chapter defines geographic location as a characteristic of place fundamental to understanding the economic structure of Memphis and the city's role as a major distribution node in the global economy. Memphis plays a prominent role, not only because of the city's central east-west geographic location in the continental United States and its north-south location equidistant between Toronto, Canada, and Monterrey, Mexico, but also because of its two-hundred-year history of place-specific decisions, activities, and transformations. The city's geographic location on the bluffs of the Mississippi River near the rich cotton-producing region of the Mississippi Delta and an abundance of hardwood forests and natural resources, along with a tradition of entrepreneurialism and a history of labor-intensive human productivity, supplied the means to drive economic development related to agricultural and industrial production.
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