AMS 207 Lecture 9: AMS 207 Notes 4-14
11 May 2017
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Related to capitalist boom after long period of upheaval *1870-90); geographical concentration of production (steel; autos; stockyards) in central cities with an increased division of labor and concentration on laborers. Expansion of corporate hqs, suburb, and exodus of some production into satellites to escape labor pressure. Widespread growth that ends with great depression. Asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith key(cid:374)esia(cid:374)is(cid:373): (cid:862)through key(cid:374)esia(cid:374) poli(cid:272)ies of de(cid:373)a(cid:374)d sti(cid:373)ulatio(cid:374), state- directed investments, ad social welfare programs, the state intervene more deeply into the produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) pro(cid:272)ess tha(cid:374) e(cid:448)er (cid:271)efore. (cid:863) Larger suburbanization and other decentralization o production, consumption, and capital investment: shopping mall, gi bill, civil defense incentives to decentralize. Dispersal within the us to lower cost areas. Wwii pulled people into cities where manufacturing was intensified. Dams, defenses, air travel nasa: federal investment (cid:862)los a(cid:374)geles before the high(cid:449)ays. (cid:863) 1953. Cold war encourages decentralization from north and east to south and west. Incentive to industry: low corporate and business taxes.
