Reclaiming Capital

by Christopher Gunn and Hazel Gunn

Book Overview

Towns without nationally advertised fast-food restaurants often eagerly await the day when the golden arches sprout next door to the local car dealership. But what really happens to a community with the arrival of the uni-burger? Christopher Gunn and Hazel Dayton Gunn demonstrate that perhaps three-quarters of the money a community spends at its burger emporium will leave the area. Poor communities remain poor, they assert, because local capital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801495741
• ISBN13: 9780801495748
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher