TY - BOOK AU - Sassen, Saskia. AU - Saskia Sassen TI - The Global city SN - 9780691070636 U1 - 332.042 SAS PY - 2001/// CY - , New York PB - : Princeton University Press KW - Global economy KW - Rategic transnational networks KW - Globalization N2 - 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 ER -