Cities in a world economy
Title:
Cities in a world economy
Author:
Sassen, Saskia.
ISBN:
9781412936804
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2006.
Physical Description:
xviii, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Sociology for a new century series
Sociology for a new century.
Contents:
Place and production in the global economy -- The urban impact of economic globalization -- National and transnational urban systems -- The new urban economy : the intersection of global processes and place -- Issues and case studies in the new urban economy -- The new inequalities within cities -- Global cities and global survival circuits -- A new geography of centers and margins : summary and implications.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034084.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2005034084-d.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2005034084-b.html