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Technopolis : high-technology industry and regional development in southern California

Title: Technopolis : high-technology industry and regional development in southern California / Allen J. Scott.
Author: Scott, Allen John.
Publication: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Description

xiv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

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Contents

1. The Southern Californian Technopolis in Context -- 2. Patterns of Industrialization and Regional Development -- 3. The Structure and Organization of High-Technology Industry in Southern California: A Brief Profile -- 4. Southern California's Pathway to High-Technology Industrial Development, 1920-1960 -- 5. The Aircraft and Parts Industry -- 6. The Missile and Space Industry: The Southern Californian Nexus in National Context -- 7. The Electronics Industry -- 8. The Local Labor Market Dynamics of a Cohort of Engineers and Scientists -- 9. Electronics Assembly Workers in Southern California -- 10. Subcontracting Relations and Locational Agglomeration in the Printed Circuits Industry -- 11. Innovation, New Firm Formation, and Location in Southern California's Medical Device Industry -- 12. Questions of Policy and Strategic Choice: Collective Action and Regional Development in the New Global Economy -- Appendix A: The Calculation of Total Employment in Large Establishments.
Appendix B: Missile, Launch Vehicle, and Booster Rocket Programs, 1950-1990 -- Appendix C: U.S. Space Vehicle and Equipment Programs, 1956-1991 -- Appendix D: Specialized Tasks in Printed Circuits Production.

ISBN

0520081897

LCCN

93003137

OCLC

ocm27726115

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries