Description: This book advances a cultural perspective on economic development to show that economic success can result from the symbolic resources that nations, regions and communities have at their disposal.
Review Quotes: "Taken as a whole this volume offers a useful perspective on modes of production of cultural capital . . . The book stimulates awareness of inequalities in the power and capacity to turn cultural values, meanings, and narratives to economic profit . . . This is a book that should be required reading for graduate students doing research in heritage management, tourism, and economic development. The theoretical perspective it offers on the inseparability of cultural and economic life will be helpful for any advanced student of sociology, anthropology, or economics."--Judith Adler, Contemporary Sociology