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" Cultural capitals : "
Louise C. Johnson.
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BL
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950871
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b705241
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Johnson, Louise C.,1953-
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Cultural capitals : : revaluing the arts, remaking urban spaces /\ Louise C. Johnson.
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Farnham, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate Pub.,, ©2009.
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Re-materialising cultural geography
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1 online resource (282 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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0754649776
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: 0754689174
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: 9780754649779
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: 9780754689171
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Creating value, valuing creativity -- Conceptualising the cultural industries/cultural capitals -- The emergence of cultural capitals -- Glasgow: cultural tourism and design -- Bilbao: the Guggenheim and the post-modern city of spectacle -- Singapore: post-colonial city of cultural heritage and performance -- Geelong as a cultural capital? Down under echoes -- Cultural capitals: re-valuing the arts, re-making sustainable city spaces.
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This work is about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies & communities. Anchored in academic discussion of the cultural industries, it offers a series of case studies drawn from five countries - Australia, Singapore, Spain, UK, US - to support an argument for the arts contributing to sustainable urban regeneration.
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Arts and society, Case studies.
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Arts and society.
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Cultural industries.
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Cultural policy, Case studies.
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Cultural policy.
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Culture and tourism, Case studies.
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Culture and tourism.
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Urban renewal, Case studies.
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Urban renewal.
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Arts and society.
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Cultural industries.
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Cultural policy.
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Culture and tourism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Essays.
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Urban renewal.
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| Dewey Classification
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307.3/416
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HT170.J64 2009eb
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