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Cities of knowledge : Cold War science and the search for the next Silicon Valley /

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, "&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Mara, Margaret Pugh, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Colección:Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cold War politics
  • "Multiversities," cities, and suburbs
  • From the farm to the valley : Stanford University and the San Francisco peninsula
  • Building "Brainsville" : the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
  • Selling the new South : Georgia Tech and Atlanta
  • Conclusion : the next Silicon Valley.