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Author O'Mara, Margaret Pugh, 1970-

Title Cities of knowledge : Cold War science and the search for the next Silicon Valley / Margaret Pugh O'Mara.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-290) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 have succeeded. This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, capital, and institutions has been so difficult to replicate. Margaret O'Mara shows that high-tech regions are not simply accidental marke.
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Subject Research institutes -- Location -- United States.
Research institutes -- Location.
United States.
Research institutes.
Research parks -- Location -- United States.
Research parks.
Research, Industrial -- Location -- United States.
Research, Industrial.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: O'Mara, Margaret Pugh, 1970- Cities of knowledge 0691117160 (DLC) 2003066082 (OCoLC)53975519
ISBN 9781400866885 electronic book
140086688X electronic book
0691117160
9780691117164