Selling Places: The City as Cultural Capital, Past and Present (Policy Planning and Critical Theory)

By Gerry Kearns

Places, particularly cities, often strive to sell themselves to encourage inward investment. In doing so, the managers of these places seek to manipulate the interwoven cultural and historical attributes of their localities to create attractive images, ambiences and lifestyles. This is a contentious process involving a fierce battle between alternative cultural sensibilities and historical visions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080413846
• ISBN13: 9780080413846
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Pergamon
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.