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

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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...

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Autor principal: O'Mara, Margaret Pugh (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Politics and Society in Modern America ; 111
Temas:
Research institutes > Location > United States.
Research institutes > Location > United States.;Research parks > Location > United States.;Research, Industrial > Location > United States.
Research parks > Location > United States.
Research, Industrial > Location > United States.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Discovering the City of Knowledge
  • PART ONE. INTENT
  • 1. Cold War Politics
  • 2. "Multiversities," Cities, and Suburbs
  • PART TWO. IMPLEMENTATION
  • 3. From the Farm to the Valley: Stanford University and the San Francisco Peninsula
  • 4. Building "Brainsville": The University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
  • 5. Selling the New South: Georgia Tech and Atlanta
  • PART THREE. LEGACY
  • Conclusion: The Next Silicon Valley
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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