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

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O'Mara, Margaret Pugh, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Politics and society in twentieth-century AmericaPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400866885
140086688X
0691166676
9780691166674

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cities of knowledgeDDC classification:

607/.2/73 22

LOC classification:

Q180.U5 M63 2005eb

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15.85

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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-290) and index.

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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 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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