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Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: Cultural and Natural Resources in a Postindustrial Age
Joseph L. Scarpaci
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Description for Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: Cultural and Natural Resources in a Postindustrial Age
Hardcover. Presents a collection of eighteen essays that explore the advantages and disadvantages that Pittsburgh and its surrounding region face in the global economy, from the perspectives of technology, natural resources, workforce, and geography. This book shows how other cities can learn from the steps Pittsburgh has taken. Editor(s): Scarpaci, Joseph L.; Patrick, Kevin J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 96 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBTK; RGCM; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Few American cities reflect the challenges and promise of a twenty-first-century economy better than Pittsburgh and its surrounding region. Once a titan of the industrial age, Pittsburgh flourished from the benefits of its waterways, central location, and natural resources-bituminous coal to fire steel furnaces; salt and sand for glass making; gas, oil, and just enough ore to spark an early iron industry. Today, like many cities located in the manufacturing triangle that stretches from Boston to Duluth to St. Louis, Pittsburgh has made the transition to a service-based economy.Pittsburgh and the Appalachians presents a collection of eighteen essays that explore ... Read more
Few American cities reflect the challenges and promise of a twenty-first-century economy better than Pittsburgh and its surrounding region. Once a titan of the industrial age, Pittsburgh flourished from the benefits of its waterways, central location, and natural resources-bituminous coal to fire steel furnaces; salt and sand for glass making; gas, oil, and just enough ore to spark an early iron industry. Today, like many cities located in the manufacturing triangle that stretches from Boston to Duluth to St. Louis, Pittsburgh has made the transition to a service-based economy.Pittsburgh and the Appalachians presents a collection of eighteen essays that explore ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822942825
SKU
V9780822942825
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About Joseph L. Scarpaci
Joseph L. Scarpaci is professor of geography at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and author of Barrios and Plazas: Heritage Tourism and Globalization in the Spanish Amiercan Centro Histórico.
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