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