Convention center follies : politics, power, and public investment in American cities /
American cities have experienced a remarkable surge in convention center development over the last two decades, with exhibit hall space growing from 40 million square feet in 1990 to 70 million in 2011--an increase of almost 75 percent. Proponents of these projects promised new jobs, new private dev...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2014.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Series: | American business, politics, and society.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The race to build
- Building boom
- Paying for the box
- Promises and realities
- They will come ... and spend
- Missing impact
- From economics to politics
- Chicago: bolstering the business district
- Atlanta: enhancing property values
- St. Louis: protection from erosion
- The cities business builds.