The Cultural Economy of Cities: Essays on the Geography of Image-Producing Industries

by Allen J. Scott and Allen John Scott

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761954546
• ISBN13: 9780761954545
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"