Wings of Power Boeing and the Politics of Growth in the Northwest

Name: Wings of Power Boeing and the Politics of Growth in the Northwest
Price: 7.74 USD
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ISBN: 9780295980492

ISBN-10: 0295980494

ISBN-13: 9780295980492

Edition: 2001

Authors: Terry M. Sell, T. Sell

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Description:

Sell (journalism and political science, Highline College, DesMoines, Washington) grew up in a Boeing family and later covered the company as a reporter for local newspapers. He offers his perspective on the company's role in controversies about urban sprawl and growth politics during the 1990s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Prologue: Power, Politics, and Growth



The Runway: Boeing Drops a Bomb



Come Fly with Us: A Short History of Boeing and Seattle



Flight Path: Growth and Antigrowth



Full Court Press: Boeing Confronts the Paradox



Paper Airplanes in the Marble Zoo: Boeing and the Legislature



Things Happen: A Tale of Several Cities


Renton


Everett



Calling in the Cavalry



Soft Landing


Epilogue: Growth and Antigrowth, Revisited


Notes


Bibliography


Index