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<p> Breaks new ground. . . . The first serious attempt to look comprehensively at whether or not rural America can effectively compete for high-tech industry. <p> -- Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy <p> Successfully dispels policy myths concerning the efficacy of high-tech industrial strategies in peripheral areas. <p> --Economic Geography <p> Essential reading for those who want to understand the emerging high-technology space economy in general, and the new forces shaping American rural economy and society in particular. <p> --Contemporary Sociology

<p> Breaks new ground... . The first serious attempt to look comprehensively at whether or not rural America can effectively compete for high-tech industry. <p> -- Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy <p> Successfully dispels policy myths concerning the efficacy of high-tech industrial strategies in peripheral areas. <p> --Economic Geography <p> Essential reading for those who want to understand the emerging high-technology space economy in general, and the new forces shaping American rural economy and society in particular. <p> --Contemporary Sociology

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Amy K. Glasmeier is head of the department of urban studies and planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has worked with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, numerous federal agencies, and international development organizations in constructing policies to alleviate poverty and uneven economic opportunity. Her works include High-Tech America: The What, How, Where and Why of the Sunrise Industries and From Combines to Computers: Rural Services and Development in the Age of Information Technology.

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