Saturday 22 October 2011

The Global City Reviews

The Global City



Author: Saskia Sassen
Edition: 2
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0691070636
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The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo.



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.The Global City review. 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 networksRead full reviews of Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City.

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The Global City Reviews


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.



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