The City As an Entertainment Machine |
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| Editor:
| Clark, Terry Nichols |
| Contribution by:
| Bartlett, Anne
Florida, Richard
Gates, Gary J.
Glaeser, Edward L.
Jain, Pushpam
Kolko, Jed
Lloyd, Richard
Merritt, Dennis
Saiz, Albert
Silver, Daniel
Wong, Kenneth K.
Jesus Yanez, Clemente Navarro |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-2422-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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The City as an Entertainment Machine details the impacts of opera, used bookstores, brew pubs, bicycle events, Starbucks' coffee shops, gay residents, and other factors on changes in jobs, population, inventions, and more. It is the first study to assemble and analyze such amenities for national samples of cities (and counties). It interprets these processes by showing how they add new insights from economics, sociology, political science, public policy, and geography. Considerable...
More DescriptionThe City as an Entertainment Machine details the impacts of opera, used bookstores, brew pubs, bicycle events, Starbucks' coffee shops, gay residents, and other factors on changes in jobs, population, inventions, and more. It is the first study to assemble and analyze such amenities for national samples of cities (and counties). It interprets these processes by showing how they add new insights from economics, sociology, political science, public policy, and geography. Considerable evidence is presented about how consumption, amenities, and culture drive urban policy by encouraging people to move to or from different cities and regions.