The Cultural Economy of Cities Essays on the Geography of Image-Producing Industries
| Author/creator | Scott, Allen J., 1938- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : SAGE Publications, Limited Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Incorporated [Distributor] |
| Description | 256 p. ill 09.210 x 06.140 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Published in Association with Theory, Culture and Society Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban regeneration schemes throughout the world, yet the economy of culture is under-theorized and under-developed. In this wide-ranging and penetrating volume, the economic logic and structure of the modern cultural industries is explained. The connection between cultural production and urban-industrial concentration is demonstrated and the book shows why global cities are the homelands of the modern cultural industries. This book covers many sectors of cultural economy, from craft industries such as clothing and furniture, to modern media industries such as cinema and music recording. The role of the global city as a source of creative and innovative en |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001271555 |
| ISBN | 9780761954545 |
| ISBN | 0761954546 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780761954545 |
| Stock number | 86655 00325166 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |