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Imagining Place, Fighting For Space The Story Of The National Heritage Area Movement, Jesse Solomon Turiel
Imagining Place, Fighting For Space The Story Of The National Heritage Area Movement, Jesse Solomon Turiel
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In this paper, I analyze recent economic and political trends by providing an in depth look at the National Heritage Area (NHA) program. By tracing their conception and origination back to the early 1980s, I attempt to place NHAs within the larger framework of deindustrialization and government cutbacks that were occurring at the time. Furthermore, I show how, with their emphasis on building social capital and creating cross-jurisdictional ties, NHAs were a natural response to emerging “new regionalist” ideals in America. By embracing the concept of regional partnerships to enhance economic competitiveness, NHAs signaled a new drive towards geographical thinking …