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Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World

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Description for Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World Paperback. The momentous changes which are transforming American life call for a new exploration of the economic and cultural landscape. In this book, the author links our expanding need to consume with two fundamental shifts: places of production have given way to spaces for services, and the competitive edge has moved from industrial to cultural capital. Num Pages: 338 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
The momentous changes which are transforming American life call for a new exploration of the economic and cultural landscape. In this book Sharon Zukin links our ever-expanding need to consume with two fundamental shifts: places of production have given way to spaces for services and paperwork, and the competitive edge has moved from industrial to cultural capital. From the steel mills of the Rust Belt, to the sterile malls of suburbia, to the gentrified urban centers of our largest cities, the "creative destruction" of our economy--a process by which a way of life is both lost and gained--results in a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520082885
SKU
V9780520082885
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About Sharon Zukin
Sharon Zukin is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Graduate School, City University of New York. She is the author of Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change and co-editor of Structures and Capital.

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