The Warhol economy : how fashion, art, and music drive New York City / Elizabeth Currid.

2. pr., new preface.

xx, 258 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

9780691138749
9780691128375 hardback
0691128375 hardback
0691138745 paperback

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15.87 ; USA <geschichte>
71.50 ; Kultursoziologie: Allgemeines
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QR 750
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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. In The 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. Urban policymakers, she suggests, have not only seriously underestimated the importance of the cultural economy, but they have failed to recognize that it depends on a vibrant creative social scene. They haven't understood, in other words, the social, cultural, and economic mix that Currid calls the Warhol economy."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.

English