The Research Triangle : : From Tobacco Road to Global Prominence / / William M. Rohe.

Over the past three decades, the economy of North Carolina's Research Triangle-defined by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill-has been transformed from one dependent on agriculture and textiles to one driven by knowledge-based jobs in technology, telecommunications, and pharmaceutica...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]
©2011
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Metropolitan Portraits
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 38 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Early History
  • Chapter 2. The Birth of the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area
  • Chapter 3. Population Growth and Its Impact
  • Chapter 4. The Evolving Research Triangle Economy
  • Chapter 5. Urban Development and Planning
  • Chapter 6. Where Are We Headed?
  • Notes
  • Index