The Evolution of Great World Cities : : Urban Wealth and Economic Growth / / Christopher Kennedy.
Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading centre...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Where the Streets Are Paved with Gold
- 2. A Theory of Urban Wealth
- 3. Markets
- 4. Competitive Financial Centres
- 5. Economic Growth, Production, and Consumption
- 6. The Ecology of Urban Economies
- 7. Conclusion: The Wealth of Cities
- Bibliography
- Index