附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.
Setting the scene -- The Southern Californian technopolis in context -- Patterns of industrialization and regional development -- A geographical and historical overview of the Southern Californian technopolis -- The structure and organization of high-technology industry in Southern California: A brief profile -- Southern California's pathway to high-technology industrial development, 1920-1960 -- Analyses of the core high-technology industrial complex -- The aircraft and parts industry -- The missile and space industry: The Southern Californian nexus in national context -- The electronics industry -- Local labor markets: Two contrasting cases -- The local labor market dynamics of a cohort of engineers and scientists -- Electronics assembly workers in Southern California -- Industrial organization, innovation, and location -- Subcontracting relations and locational agglomeration in the printed circuits industry -- Innovation, new firm foundation, and location in Southern California's medical device industry -- Finale -- Questions of policy and strategic choice: Collective action and regional development in the new global economy.
