Warhol Economy How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City - New Edition

Name: Warhol Economy How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City - New Edition
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ISBN: 9780691138749

ISBN-10: 0691138745

ISBN-13: 9780691138749

Edition: 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

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Which is more important to New York City's economy, the gleaming corporate office--or the grungy rock club that launches the best new bands? If you said "office," think again. InThe Warhol Economy, Elizabeth Currid argues that creative industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as--if not more than--finance, real estate, and law. And these creative industries are fueled by the social life that whirls around the clubs, galleries, music venues, and fashion shows where creative people meet, network, exchange ideas, pass judgments, and set the trends that shape popular culture. The implications of Currid's argument are far-reaching, and not just for New York.…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 7.20" wide x 9.49" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is the author ofThe Warhol Economyand an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. She holds a PhD in urban planning from Columbia University and divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Art, Culture, and New York City



How It All Began From the Rise of the Factory to the Rise of Bling



Becoming Creative



The Social Life of Creativity



The Economics of a Dance Floor



Creating Buzz, Selling Cool



The Rise of Global Tastemakers What It All Means for the Policymakers


Epilogue


Appendix


Notes


References


Index