Urn:lcp:globalcitynewyor00unse:lcpdf:4923fb03-351f-46cb-86b4-ed916978ab5c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier globalcitynewyor00unse Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2q5hpqv90f Invoice 11 Isbn 0691070636 Lccn 2001021130 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9970 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary OL7757627M Openlibrary_edition Sassen shows how dangerously city life has been affected by the influx of employees of the multinational firms which move into major cities and virtually colonize them, riving even greater wedges between the rich and poor.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:13:56 Boxid IA1769404 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) External-identifier high-powered and at times horrific book. The global city : New York, London, Tokyo by Sassen, Saskia, author. One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992Ī multi-disciplinary tour de force that should be read not only by regional economists but also by urban geographers, sociologists, and planners. The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo Princeton Univ Pr August 1991 ISBN-10: 0691078661 416 pages PDF 15.65 Mb Massive and parallel changes have occurred in New York City since the late 1970s and in London and Tokyo since the early 1980s. The most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy. Scott Lash, The Times Higher Education Supplement This is brilliant stuff, both in its broadness of sociological scope and its voluminous collection of data from a vast number of sources in the three cities. Peter Hall, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world. Susan Fainstein, Journal of the American Planning AssociationĪ very significant book indeed.
It incorporates a herculean research effort.
Anthony King, NewslineĪn exciting and persuasive work. one risks seriously underestimating how widely the global city construct might be generalized. One could therefore write about global cities fo. The consequences of activities contained within them are unequaled. A landmark study in the political economy of cities. London, New York, Paris, and Tokyoare the central hubs of the global net-work regardless of how it is defined.
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