 | Convention Center Follies: Politics, Power, and Public Investment in American Cities Subjects: City promotion -- Economic aspects -- United States; Convention facilities -- Economic aspects -- United States; Convention facilities -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Congresses and conventions -- Economic aspects -- United States; C; Written by one of the nation's foremost urban development experts, Convention Center Follies exposes the inner workings of America's convention center boom through case studies of Chicago, Atlanta, and St. Louis. Heywood T. Sanders is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio, editor of Urban Texas: Politics and Development, and coeditor of The Politics of Urban Development. |
