Smile Southern California, you're the center of the universe : the economy and people of a global region / James Flanigan ; with a foreword by Richard Riordan

Author:: Flanigan, James, 1936-
Published:: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford General Books, [2009]
Copyright Date:: ©2009
Physical Description:: xxi, 192 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Global trade, local industry -- Ballistic missiles to cellular phones : the shift in Southern California's industrial foundation -- The entrepreneurial economy, new capital, new immigrants -- Latin American immigrants spur the economy -- Bridges to China -- Universities : engines of the new economy -- Entertainment industry in the global media age -- Time to look ahead.

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9780804756259 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804756252 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-179) and index.

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