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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826012103321

Autore

Sassen Saskia

Titolo

The Global City : New York, London, Tokyo / / Saskia Sassen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 2001

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016

©2001

ISBN

1-299-28420-5

1-4008-4748-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (696 p.)

Disciplina

332/.042

Soggetti

International economic relations

International finance

Financial services industry - England - London

Financial services industry - Japan - Tokyo

Financial services industry - New York (State) - New York

London (England) Economic conditions

Tokyo (Japan) Economic conditions

New York (N.Y.) 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

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; One: Overview; Part One: The Geography and Composition of Globalization; 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; 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; Eight: Employment and Earnings

Nine: Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial PolarizationIn Conclusion; Ten: A New Urban Regime?; Appendices; 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.