Cities of Knowledge - Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley

Zusatztext "O'Mara's study is richly wrought! and her emphasis on place adds an important new dimension to discussions of Cold War political economy and its legacies." ---Daniel Lee Kleinman! Journal of American History Informationen zum Autor Margaret Pugh O'Mara teaches history at Stanford University. The dissertation this book is based upon won the Urban History Association's award for Best Dissertation in Urban History completed in 2002. Klappentext ""Cities of Knowledge is an important work that reframes our understanding of the relationship between science! metropolitan development! and the Cold War state. O'Mara's creative synthesis of international! national! regional! and local perspectives combined with her explication of the tension between public and private development charts a course for future work in this field."--Brian Balogh! University of Virginia! author of "Commercial Nuclear Power! 1945-1975 Zusammenfassung 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? This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, and capital has been so difficult to replicate.

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• Autori: &apos, Margaret Pugh Gerstle, Margaret Pugh mara, O&apos, Margaret Pugh O`mara, Margaret O'Mara, Margaret Pugh O'Mara, Margaret O''mara, Margaret Pugh O''mara, O'Mara Margaret
• Con la collaborazione di: William Chafe (Editore), Gary Gerstle (Editore), Linda Gordon (Editore), Julian Zelizer (Editore)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.10.2004
• EAN: 9780691117164
• ISBN: 978-0-691-11716-4
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Politics and Society in Modern America; Politics and Society in Twenti; Politics and Society in Modern America
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas