Selling Places: The Marketing and Promotion of Towns and Cities, 1850-2000

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Taylor & Francis, 1998 - Architecture - 269 pages

Selling Places explores the fascinating development of the place marketing and promotion over the last 150 years, drawing on examples from Northern America, Britain and continental Europe. The processes involved and the promotional imagery employed are meticulously presented and richly illustrated.

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Contents

SELLING THE FRONTIER
9
Selling the Resort
29
THE NATIONS TONIC
54
Selling the Suburb
83
REALM OF ROMANCE
110
Selling the Industrial Town
144
AN HONEST TALE PLAINLY TOLD?
163
Selling the PostIndustrial City
186
COME CELEBRATE OUR DREAM
209
CONCLUSIONS
236
INDEX
261
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