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Cities of Knowledge - Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley (Paperback)
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Cities of Knowledge - Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley (Paperback)
Series: Politics and Society in Modern America
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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 market creations but "cities of knowledge"--planned
communities of scientific production that were shaped and
subsidized by the original venture capitalist, the Cold War defense
complex. At the heart of the story is the American research
university, an institution enriched by Cold War spending and
actively engaged in economic development. The story of the city of
knowledge broadens our understanding of postwar urban history and
of the relationship between civil society and the state in late
twentieth-century America. It leads us to further redefine the
American suburb as being much more than formless "sprawl," and
shows how it is in fact the ultimate post-industrial city.
Understanding this history and geography is essential to planning
for the future of the high-tech economy, and this book is must
reading for anyone interested in building the next Silicon Valley.
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