| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations |
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America |
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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| Contents |
Cold War politics -- "Multiversities," cities, and suburbs -- From the farm to the valley : Stanford University and the San Francisco peninsula -- Building "Brainsville" : the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia -- Selling the new South : Georgia Tech and Atlanta -- Conclusion : the next Silicon Valley |
| Summary |
What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become ""the next Silicon Valley, "" but few have succeeded. This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, capital, and institutions has been so difficult to replicate. Margaret O'Mara shows that high-tech regions are not simply accidental marke |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-290) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Research institutes -- Location -- United States
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Research parks -- Location -- United States
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Research, Industrial -- Location -- United States
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Research institutes -- Location
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Koude Oorlog.
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Onderzoeksprojecten.
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Stadsplanning.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003066082 |
| ISBN |
9781400866885 |
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140086688X |
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0691166676 |
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9780691166674 |
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