Patrick Vitale
Biographic Data
| ID | 4181814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Vitale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Vitale |
| SIGNATURE | VITALE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Transportation and Revolt
Making science suburban
In the early 1900s, industrial firms embraced research as a key element of corporate strategy. In order to internalize scientific research, firms constructed laboratories many of which were located away from factories. The development of these laboratories was part of a larger shift in the socio-spatial division of labor - the separation of mental from physical work. These laboratories were sites for developing new technologies and production pro…
Cradle of the Creative Class
Promoters and critics of the creative-cities script assume that it originated in the late 1990s. In contrast, in this article I argue that the mythology of the creative class and its positive economic and cultural influence on cities began during the early Cold War. In the 1940s and 1950s, regional alliances of business and elites reinvented scientists as powerful figures on which they anchored their efforts to remake the economies and built envi…
Decline Is Renewal
America,” which appeared in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Urban History and won the Urban History Association Prize for Best Scholarly Article. In Fall 2012, he coedited (with David Hsiung) a special issue of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies on the “Environmental Histories of the Mid-Atlantic.” His book, tentatively titled Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America, is scheduled for …
Anti-Communism, The Growth Machine and the Remaking of Cold-War-Era Pittsburgh
This article develops a new perspective on urban growth machines through an analysis of the relationship between Pittsburgh's Renaissance and cold-war-era anti-communism. In order to facilitate urban (re)development, growth machines foster a shared sense of metropolitan citizenship and a corresponding ideological belief that coalitions of business, government and other elite actors can renew regions for the collective good of their residents. Dur…
Company towns in the Americas
Locating the American Military-Industrial Complex
In February 2010 President Barack Obama proposed that Congress provide the Department of Defense with over $700 billion in fiscal year 2011. Given that not all defence-related expenditures flow through the Pentagon, this staggering figure—which includes both a “base budget” and “supplemental” funding for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan—is hardly conclusive, and the total tally likely exceeds $1 trillion (see Higgs 2007). Gently critiquing…
Wages of War
During World War II the state created a new and deeper set of relationships with defense contractors. These contractors manufactured the vast majority of war materials and relied extensively on the state for financing. These same contractors also encouraged workers and civilians to understand their every minute action as contributing to the war effort. In order to fully integrate workers’ and civilians’ lives into the war effort, the state and in…
Learning to be suburban
Author Meets Critics
Decline Is Renewal
America,” which appeared in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Urban History and won the Urban History Association Prize for Best Scholarly Article. In Fall 2012, he coedited (with David Hsiung) a special issue of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies on the “Environmental Histories of the Mid-Atlantic.” His book, tentatively titled Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America, is scheduled for …
Wages of War
During World War II the state created a new and deeper set of relationships with defense contractors. These contractors manufactured the vast majority of war materials and relied extensively on the state for financing. These same contractors also encouraged workers and civilians to understand their every minute action as contributing to the war effort. In order to fully integrate workers’ and civilians’ lives into the war effort, the state and in…
Making science suburban
In the early 1900s, industrial firms embraced research as a key element of corporate strategy. In order to internalize scientific research, firms constructed laboratories many of which were located away from factories. The development of these laboratories was part of a larger shift in the socio-spatial division of labor - the separation of mental from physical work. These laboratories were sites for developing new technologies and production pro…
Cradle of the Creative Class
Promoters and critics of the creative-cities script assume that it originated in the late 1990s. In contrast, in this article I argue that the mythology of the creative class and its positive economic and cultural influence on cities began during the early Cold War. In the 1940s and 1950s, regional alliances of business and elites reinvented scientists as powerful figures on which they anchored their efforts to remake the economies and built envi…
Anti-Communism, The Growth Machine and the Remaking of Cold-War-Era Pittsburgh
This article develops a new perspective on urban growth machines through an analysis of the relationship between Pittsburgh's Renaissance and cold-war-era anti-communism. In order to facilitate urban (re)development, growth machines foster a shared sense of metropolitan citizenship and a corresponding ideological belief that coalitions of business, government and other elite actors can renew regions for the collective good of their residents. Dur…
Locating the American Military-Industrial Complex
In February 2010 President Barack Obama proposed that Congress provide the Department of Defense with over $700 billion in fiscal year 2011. Given that not all defence-related expenditures flow through the Pentagon, this staggering figure—which includes both a “base budget” and “supplemental” funding for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan—is hardly conclusive, and the total tally likely exceeds $1 trillion (see Higgs 2007). Gently critiquing…
Learning to be suburban
Author Meets Critics
Learning to be suburban
Locating the American Military-Industrial Complex
In February 2010 President Barack Obama proposed that Congress provide the Department of Defense with over $700 billion in fiscal year 2011. Given that not all defence-related expenditures flow through the Pentagon, this staggering figure—which includes both a “base budget” and “supplemental” funding for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan—is hardly conclusive, and the total tally likely exceeds $1 trillion (see Higgs 2007). Gently critiquing…
Wages of War
During World War II the state created a new and deeper set of relationships with defense contractors. These contractors manufactured the vast majority of war materials and relied extensively on the state for financing. These same contractors also encouraged workers and civilians to understand their every minute action as contributing to the war effort. In order to fully integrate workers’ and civilians’ lives into the war effort, the state and in…
Company towns in the Americas
Decline Is Renewal
America,” which appeared in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Urban History and won the Urban History Association Prize for Best Scholarly Article. In Fall 2012, he coedited (with David Hsiung) a special issue of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies on the “Environmental Histories of the Mid-Atlantic.” His book, tentatively titled Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America, is scheduled for …
Anti-Communism, The Growth Machine and the Remaking of Cold-War-Era Pittsburgh
This article develops a new perspective on urban growth machines through an analysis of the relationship between Pittsburgh's Renaissance and cold-war-era anti-communism. In order to facilitate urban (re)development, growth machines foster a shared sense of metropolitan citizenship and a corresponding ideological belief that coalitions of business, government and other elite actors can renew regions for the collective good of their residents. Dur…
Cradle of the Creative Class
Promoters and critics of the creative-cities script assume that it originated in the late 1990s. In contrast, in this article I argue that the mythology of the creative class and its positive economic and cultural influence on cities began during the early Cold War. In the 1940s and 1950s, regional alliances of business and elites reinvented scientists as powerful figures on which they anchored their efforts to remake the economies and built envi…
Transportation and Revolt
Making science suburban
In the early 1900s, industrial firms embraced research as a key element of corporate strategy. In order to internalize scientific research, firms constructed laboratories many of which were located away from factories. The development of these laboratories was part of a larger shift in the socio-spatial division of labor - the separation of mental from physical work. These laboratories were sites for developing new technologies and production pro…
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