Prologue: from the standpoint of the out-of-towner -- Branding and the neoliberal city -- It's a small world after all: image crisis and the end of New York City boosterism -- Style and power: the common sense of New York magazine -- Selling the city in crisis: corporate exodus and the Big Apple campaign -- Welcome to Fear City -- From Big Apple to the Summer of Sam -- Purging New York through I [heart symbol] NY -- New York City as a symbol of neoliberalism -- Epilogue: re-branding the wounded city
Summary
Branding New York traces the rise of New York City as a brand and the resultant transformation of urban politics and public life. It shows that the branding of New York was not simply a marketing tool; rather it was a political strategy
Notes
Title from PDF title page (viewed October 2, 2009)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index