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The Global City : New York, London, Tokyo
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The Global City : New York, London, Tokyo Paperback - 2001

by Sassen, Saskia

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This is a thoroughly revised edition of the classic work that chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and in the process underwent massive and parallel changes. Sassen has updated all the data in the book and thoroughly rewritten all of the chapters to engage with debates sparked by the first edition.

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  • Title The Global City : New York, London, Tokyo
  • Author Sassen, Saskia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd ed
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-09-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP74733077
  • ISBN 9780691070636 / 0691070636
  • Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.14 x 1.17 in (23.42 x 15.60 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
  • Library of Congress subjects International economic relations, International finance
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001021130
  • Dewey Decimal Code 337

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FOR CENTURIES, the world economy has shaped the life of cities.

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About the author

Saskia Sassen is Professor of Sociology and of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Her other books include Guests and Aliens, The Mobility of Labor and Capital, Losing Control, and Globalization and Its Discontents.

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