The Global city /Saskia Sassen.

By: Sassen, SaskiaContributor(s): Saskia SassenMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: : International Books Distributor | : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2, 5, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New DelhiPublication details: , New York : Princeton University Press , 2001Description: xxvi, 447p. : 24cmISBN: 9780691070636Subject(s): Global economy | Rategic transnational networks | GlobalizationDDC classification: 332.042 SAS Summary: 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.
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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.

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