|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1 Review
|
Average Customer Review
Share your thoughts with other customers
Create your own review
|
|
Most Helpful First | Newest First
|
|
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Timely and useful,
By
This review is from: Why the Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown: The Transformation of the Rust Belt (Hardcover)
I picked this book up as an afterthought, the title was intriguing. When I opened it and read Professor Safford's work, I was caught up in the subject. Today, rebuilding rust belt towns is relevant just about everywhere, and the book tells the story of two cities who tried their best to use their cultures to make new economic prosperity happen. Allentown succeeded but her sister city Youngstown failed. It is a very strong lesson in how community volunteer organizations, cultures and local histories figure in remaking economies. It would highly recommend this book to any person or group trying to recover in these times. I would also recommend this book to anyone about to spend vast dollars in economic development without checking on the local climate for cooperation and sharing. Though the data and methodology sections get a little dense, the text rides along and clearly explains what did and didn't work. As we all face local issues during the recovery, whenever it happens, we need sources of experienced locale's to guide us, and Professor Safford takes us there.
|
|
Most Helpful First | Newest First
|
|
Why the Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown: The Transformation of the Rust Belt by Sean Safford (Hardcover - January 31, 2009)
$33.00 $25.16
In Stock | |
 
| ||
