Written in an academic style Major League Winners by Mark Rosentraub examines the use of sport stadiums and cultural districts as tools of economic development in a number of American cities. Providing in depth case studies from a number of US cities that have attempted to use Sports and Entertainment facilities as a tool of … Continue reading Book Review: Major League Winners – Sports for Economic Development
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Book Review: The Morning After
I recently finished reading The Morning After, by Chantel Herbert. The book offers a rather insightful concept of reviewing the 1995 referendum, a night that I barely recall. I was 9 years old in 1995, and what I recall of that October night was having some club meeting in the evening and then returning home … Continue reading Book Review: The Morning After
Book Review: Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas in Federal Systems
Governance and Finance of Metropolitan in Federal Systems is a series of research essays which are compiled and edited by Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay. The book is not for the faint of heart, as it is a truly academic overview of metropolitan governance and finance structures from a wide range of federal states. The various authors highlight the diversity … Continue reading Book Review: Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas in Federal Systems
Book Review: The Untold History of the United States
Last week, I finished reading Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick book The Untold History of the United States. The authors of this 600+ page volume also created a 10 episode miniseries for the Showtime Network (I assume that this was Stone's principle role in the project as he is the narrator of the episodes) which … Continue reading Book Review: The Untold History of the United States
Book Review – Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity
I got the Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity back in the summer but I only finally got around to reading it while I was away in South America. The author, Meredith Whitney is a former Wall Street banker and mortgage trader she provides an excellent overview of how the geography of … Continue reading Book Review – Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity
Legacy of Lines on a Map – A Book Review
In Robert Kaplan’s recent book Revenge of Geography, Kaplan argues that geography, particularly land masses and oceans, have played a distinct role in determining the geopolitical fault lines of the world both in the past, present and he predicts into the future. Although this idea isn’t particularly new, Kaplan argues that it is one that has … Continue reading Legacy of Lines on a Map – A Book Review
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