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Nashville's Printing And Publishing Sector: A Historical And Empirical Study And Its Impact Upon The Region, David Carr

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Urban economics, like all other fields of economics, is a science. A region must be identified, then dissected and analyzed, if one is to determine what gives it life. A study of Nashville, for example. reveals that it depends upon far more than country music for its economic survival. Indeed, the city is a complex organism made of components that must complement each other to insure their existence. One of the most important aspects of Nashville's stability is its locale. Its centralized location, much like a heart, is serviced by arteries of railroads, highways, airways, and river routes. Because of …