Pittsburgh and the Appalachians - Cultural and Natural Resources in a Postindustrial Age

The book assesses how Pittsburgh deindustrialization over the past decades has posed both opportunities and challenges for the city and surrounding tri-state area.

About the author

Joseph L. Scarpaci is professor of geography at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and author of Barrios and Plazas: Heritage Tourism and Globalization in the Spanish Amiercan Centro Histórico. Kevin J. Patrick is associate professor of geography and planning at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

The book assesses how Pittsburgh deindustrialization over the past decades has posed both opportunities and challenges for the city and surrounding tri-state area.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy G. Anderson, Nancy R. Bain, James Bohland, Geoffrey L. Buckley, John Canning, Deborah Che, Christopher Cusack, Richard Florida
• Assisted by: Kevin J. Patrick (Editor), Kevin Joseph Patrick (Editor), Joseph Scarpaci (Editor), Joseph L Scarpaci (Editor), Joseph L. Scarpaci (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2006
• EAN: 9780822942825
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4282-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics