Cities of Knowledge by Margaret O'mara
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.
"Margaret O'Mara's book shows how very far from simple was US experience when dissected in detail and how very hard it was in reality to emulate Silicon Valley/Stanford success even for other American citiesThis is a very interesting book. And a very timely one. It is refreshing to read a book with the historical perspective that policymakers and analysts alike too often lack."--Jane Marceau, Australian Review "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
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691117164 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691117160 |
| Title | Cities of Knowledge |
| Author | Margaret O'mara |
| Series | Politics And Society In Modern America |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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