The global city :
Sassen, Saskia
The global city : New York, London, Tokyo / Saskia Sassen. - 2nd ed. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001. - xxvi, 447 p. ; 24 cm.
Reissue of the edition published in 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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.
0691070636 9780691070636
Financial services industry--New York (State)--New York
Financial services industry--Japan--Tokyo
Financial services industry--England--London
International finance
International economic relations.
New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions
Tokyo (Japan)--Economic conditions
London (England)--Economic conditions
332.042
The global city : New York, London, Tokyo / Saskia Sassen. - 2nd ed. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001. - xxvi, 447 p. ; 24 cm.
Reissue of the edition published in 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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.
0691070636 9780691070636
Financial services industry--New York (State)--New York
Financial services industry--Japan--Tokyo
Financial services industry--England--London
International finance
International economic relations.
New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions
Tokyo (Japan)--Economic conditions
London (England)--Economic conditions
332.042