{"product_id":"beyond-steel-pittsburgh-and-the-economics-of-transformation-paperback","title":"Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher P. Briem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearning from one Rust Belt city's postindustrial transition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile Pittsburgh is sometimes held up as a successful example of urban reinvention in the era after heavy industry (think \"eds and meds\"), its transition away from steel has in fact been uneven and contested. Christopher P. Briem grew up in the city's Bloomfield and South Side neighborhoods watching that process. Now a regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh, he has spent many years working in multiple registers to document economic change-through his academic research, as a public authority consulted nationally when Pittsburgh is in the news, and as a spirited participant in popular debates about what is still called the Steel City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond Steel\u003c\/em\u003e collects Briem's encyclopedic knowledge of the city during and after its steelmaking heyday. Briem tells stories about the boundary between resilience and obstinacy, particularly as manifested in the ultimately unsuccessful pursuit of economic development through smokestack chasing. \"Long before the 1980s arrived,\" he writes, \"future prospects for Greater Pittsburgh had decoupled from the prospects of the American steel industry, a reality that to this day remains difficult to accept for a region so long identified with the seemingly monolithic industry.\" At once optimistic and cautious, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Steel\u003c\/em\u003e should help inform debates about how communities across the Rust Belt navigate issues of dynamism, heritage, and deindustrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher P. Briem\u003c\/strong\u003e is a regional economist with the program in Urban and Regional Analysis at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Social and Urban Research. He has been widely quoted on Pittsburgh topics in regional and national outlets (including the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e), and his research has been published in \u003cem\u003eEconomic Development Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Citiscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964775891245,"sku":"9781606355022","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/beyond-steel-pittsburgh-and-the-economics-of-transformation-paperback-5327290.webp?v=1775471287","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/beyond-steel-pittsburgh-and-the-economics-of-transformation-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}