Silicon Alley : The Rise and Fall of a New Media District

Michael Indergaard

ISBN 10: 0415935709 / ISBN 13: 9780415935708

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan 2004, 2004

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Neuware - Exploring the crossroads of commerce and culture, this book provides an account of the relationships forged between technology and finance in 1990s New York, and the urban culture they generated.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silicon Alley : The Rise and Fall of a New Media District
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415935709
• ISBN 13: 9780415935708
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 0D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

The 1990s dawned with a belief that the digital revolution would radically transform our traditional notion of cities as places of commerce and industry. Many predicted that digital technology would render cities--or at least their economies--obsolete. Instead, precisely the opposite happened. The IT-intensive firms of the new economy needed to be plugged into a sizeable network of talent, something that established cities like New York and San Francisco provided in abundance. In addition to creating new types of jobs and luring thousands of workers back into the city, new media districts created a new technobohemian urban culture. With vignettes of the high-rollers in New York's new media economy and stories of wild parties in downtown lofts, Michael Indergaard introduces us to the players in this new economy, and explores this intersection of commerce and culture in 1990s New York. He also reveals how the dot-com crash laid bare the hidden connections between the so-called new economy of new media, and the ages old engines of New York wealth: real estate speculators and Wall Street. Chronicling the go-go years and ultimate crash of the new media district, Silicon Alley is a brilliant account of how hype forged a marriage of technology and finance, which in turn generated a new urban culture.

About the Author

Michael Indergaard is Associate Professor of Sociology at St. John's University in Jamaica, NY.