Amy K. Glasmeier is head of the department of urban studies and planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has worked with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, numerous federal agencies, and international development organizations in constructing policies to alleviate poverty and uneven economic opportunity. Her works include High-Tech America: The What, How, Where and Why of the Sunrise Industries and From Combines to Computers: Rural Services and Development in the Age of Information Technology.

"[A] comprehensive exploration of the geography of high-tech in the US that does not predict a bright future for rural high-tech but does answer many of the questions one might have about this issue." - R. A. Beauregard, Choice "Rich in ideas, facts, and hypotheses... useful for all persons with an interest in rural development and nonmetropolitan areas." - The Professional Geographer "Glasmeier clearly knows and understands high technology." - Growth and Change "Breaks new ground... . The first serious attempt to look comprehensively at whether or not rural America can effectively compete for high-tech industry." - Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy "Successfully dispels policy myths concerning the efficacy of high-tech industrial strategies in peripheral areas." - Economic Geography "Essential reading for those who want to understand the emerging high-technology space economy in general, and the new forces shaping American rural economy and society in particular." - Contemporary Sociology "Skillful use of the concept of spatial division of labor to explain rural high-tech location." - Journal of the American Planning Association

• Tables, Figures, Acknowledgments, Rural High Tech: Problems and Prospects, The What, Where, and Why of High Tech, Regional Distribution of Rural High Tech, Regional High-Tech Location and Rural Industrialization, Strategic Sectors' Shortcomings Confront Rural Communities, Unmasking High-Tech Location, Factors Influencing Rural High-Tech Plant and Employment Location, Factors Governing the Spatial Distribution of High-Tech Jobs and Plants Among Cities and Rural Communities, Prospects for Rural High-Tech Development, Appendix A, Appendix B, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Amy K. Glasmeier is head of the department of urban studies and planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has worked with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, numerous federal agencies, and international development organizations in constructing policies to alleviate poverty and uneven economic opportunity. Her works include High-Tech America: The What, How, Where and Why of the Sunrise Industries and From Combines to Computers: Rural Services and Development in the Age of Information Technology.

"[A] comprehensive exploration of the geography of high-tech in the US that does not predict a bright future for rural high-tech but does answer many of the questions one might have about this issue." - R. A. Beauregard, Choice "Rich in ideas, facts, and hypotheses... useful for all persons with an interest in rural development and nonmetropolitan areas." - The Professional Geographer "Glasmeier clearly knows and understands high technology." - Growth and Change "Breaks new ground... . The first serious attempt to look comprehensively at whether or not rural America can effectively compete for high-tech industry." - Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy "Successfully dispels policy myths concerning the efficacy of high-tech industrial strategies in peripheral areas." - Economic Geography "Essential reading for those who want to understand the emerging high-technology space economy in general, and the new forces shaping American rural economy and society in particular." - Contemporary Sociology "Skillful use of the concept of spatial division of labor to explain rural high-tech location." - Journal of the American Planning Association

• Tables, Figures, Acknowledgments, Rural High Tech: Problems and Prospects, The What, Where, and Why of High Tech, Regional Distribution of Rural High Tech, Regional High-Tech Location and Rural Industrialization, Strategic Sectors' Shortcomings Confront Rural Communities, Unmasking High-Tech Location, Factors Influencing Rural High-Tech Plant and Employment Location, Factors Governing the Spatial Distribution of High-Tech Jobs and Plants Among Cities and Rural Communities, Prospects for Rural High-Tech Development, Appendix A, Appendix B, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Amy K. Glasmeier is head of the department of urban studies and planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has worked with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, numerous federal agencies, and international development organizations in constructing policies to alleviate poverty and uneven economic opportunity. Her works include High-Tech America: The What, How, Where and Why of the Sunrise Industries and From Combines to Computers: Rural Services and Development in the Age of Information Technology.

"[A] comprehensive exploration of the geography of high-tech in the US that does not predict a bright future for rural high-tech but does answer many of the questions one might have about this issue." - R. A. Beauregard, Choice "Rich in ideas, facts, and hypotheses... useful for all persons with an interest in rural development and nonmetropolitan areas." - The Professional Geographer "Glasmeier clearly knows and understands high technology." - Growth and Change "Breaks new ground... . The first serious attempt to look comprehensively at whether or not rural America can effectively compete for high-tech industry." - Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy "Successfully dispels policy myths concerning the efficacy of high-tech industrial strategies in peripheral areas." - Economic Geography "Essential reading for those who want to understand the emerging high-technology space economy in general, and the new forces shaping American rural economy and society in particular." - Contemporary Sociology "Skillful use of the concept of spatial division of labor to explain rural high-tech location." - Journal of the American Planning Association

• Tables, Figures, Acknowledgments, Rural High Tech: Problems and Prospects, The What, Where, and Why of High Tech, Regional Distribution of Rural High Tech, Regional High-Tech Location and Rural Industrialization, Strategic Sectors' Shortcomings Confront Rural Communities, Unmasking High-Tech Location, Factors Influencing Rural High-Tech Plant and Employment Location, Factors Governing the Spatial Distribution of High-Tech Jobs and Plants Among Cities and Rural Communities, Prospects for Rural High-Tech Development, Appendix A, Appendix B, Notes, Bibliography, Index