The Global City : : New York, London, Tokyo / / Saskia Sassen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sassen, Saskia,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Core Textbook
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 78 tables

This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of cross-border dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational networks. All the core data in this new edition have been updated, while the preface and epilogue discuss the relevant trends in globalization since the book originally came out in 1991.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One. Overview -- Part One. The Geography and Composition of Globalization -- Introduction -- Two. Dispersal and New Forms of Centralization -- Three. New Patterns in Direct Foreign Investment -- Four. Internationalization and Expansion of the Financial Industry -- Part Two. The Economic Order of the Global City -- Introduction -- Five. The Producer Services -- Six. Global Cities: Postindustrial Production Sites -- Seven. Elements in a Global Hierarchy -- Part Three. The Social Order of The Global City -- Introduction -- Eight. Employment and Earnings -- Nine. Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization -- In Conclusion -- Ten. A New Urban Regime? -- Appendices -- A. Classification of Producer Services by U.S., Japanese, and British SIC -- B. Definitions of Urban Units: Tokyo, London, New York -- C. Population of Selected Prefectures and Major Prefectural Cities -- D. Tokyo's Land Market -- Bibliography -- Index