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"A unique and engaging account of local urban decision-making within the globalizing world"--
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Contents
Foreword: Learning from the Outlier
Harvey Molotch
Introduction: An Empty and Impeccable Downtown
1. The Common Threads in High Point’s Uncommon Fabric
Part I. Out of the Mills: A Small City Goes Global
2. Hollowing Out: The “All-American" Downtown Goes Temp
3. The Golden Goose: High Point Becomes the World’s Market Center
4. The Cruise Ship and the Forbidden City: Aesthetic Flair and Private Equity Come to Town
Part II. Temp Town: Spaces and Seasons of the Furniture Capital of the World
5. Hibernation: The Downtown Landscape During Backstage Months
6. Choreographing Mini-Manhattan: Visitors Experience the Market
7. The Fragmented Year-Round Design Cluster
Part III. The Fight to Reclaim Downtown
8. Poking the Golden Goose: A Brief History of Local Protest
9. The City Project and the Pursuit of a Living Room
10. High Pointers Plan a Downtown for Themselves
Conclusion: Integrating Frontstage and Backstage
Acknowledgments
Appendix: The People in
Showroom City Notes
Index
About the author
John Joe Schlichtman is associate professor of sociology at DePaul University. He is coauthor of
Gentrifier.
Harvey Molotch is emeritus professor of social and cultural analysis and sociology at New York University
