The global city : New York, London, Tokyo / Saskia Sassen.

By:

Sassen, Saskia [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvi, 447 p. ; 24 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

0691070636
9780691070636

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DDC classification:

332.042

Contents:

1. Overview -- 2. Dispersal and New Forms of Centralization -- 3. New Patterns in foreign Direct Investment -- 4. Internationalization and Expansion of the Financial Industry -- 5. The Producer Services -- 6. Global Cities: Postindustrial Production Sites -- 7. Elements of a Global Urban System: Networks and Hierarchies -- 8. Employment and Earnings -- 9. Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization -- 10. A New Urban Regime?

Summary: This is a thoroughly revised edition of the classic work that chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and in the process underwent massive and parallel changes. Saksia Sassen has updated all the data in the book and thoroughly rewritten all of the chapters to engage with debates sparked by the first edition and reflect the trends in globalization that have occurred since the book came out in 1991. She has also added a new preface and a substantial new epilogue. This is a timely edition of work that changed the way we think about cities in the global economy."-- Publisher's description.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	332.042 SAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010574		Tousi, Evgenia

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Reissue of the edition published in 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a thoroughly revised edition of the classic work that chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and in the process underwent massive and parallel changes. Saksia Sassen has updated all the data in the book and thoroughly rewritten all of the chapters to engage with debates sparked by the first edition and reflect the trends in globalization that have occurred since the book came out in 1991. She has also added a new preface and a substantial new epilogue. This is a timely edition of work that changed the way we think about cities in the global economy."-- Publisher's description.