The global city [[electronic resource] ] : New York, London, Tokyo / / Saskia Sassen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792051003321
• Autore: Sassen Saskia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 1991
• ISBN: 1-299-28420-5; 1-4008-4748-6
• Edizione: [Core Textbook]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (696 p.)
• Disciplina: 332/.042
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Reissue of the edition published in 1991.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One. Overview -- Part One. The Geography and Composition of Globalization -- Introduction -- Two. Dispersal and New Forms of Centralization -- Three. New Patterns in Direct Foreign Investment -- Four. Internationalization and Expansion of the Financial Industry -- Part Two. The Economic Order of the Global City -- Introduction -- Five. The Producer Services -- Six. Global Cities: Postindustrial Production Sites -- Seven. Elements in a Global Hierarchy -- Part Three. The Social Order of The Global City -- Introduction -- Eight. Employment and Earnings -- Nine. Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization -- In Conclusion -- Ten. A New Urban Regime? -- Appendices -- A. Classification of Producer Services by U.S., Japanese, and British SIC -- B. Definitions of Urban Units: Tokyo, London, New York -- C. Population of Selected Prefectures and Major Prefectural Cities -- D. Tokyo's Land Market -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. 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.