Arguing that the focus in global urban studies on cities such as New York, London, Tokyo in the global North, Mexico City and Shanghai in the developing world, and other major nodes of the world economy, has skewed the concept of the global city toward economics, this volume gathers a diverse group of contributors to focus on smaller and less economically dominant cities. It highlights other important and relatively ignored themes such as cultural globalization, alternative geographies of the global, and the influence of deeper urban histories (particularly those relating to colonialism) in order to advance an alternative view of the global city.
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Arguing that the focus in global urban studies on cities such as New York, London, Tokyo in the global North, Mexico City and Shanghai in the developing world, and other major nodes of the world economy, has skewed the concept of the global city toward economics, this volume gathers a diverse group of contributors to focus on smaller and less economically dominant cities. It highlights other important and relatively ignored themes such as cultural globalization, alternative geographies of the global, and the influence of deeper urban histories (particularly those relating to colonialism) in order to advance an alternative view of the global city.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Advances in Geography |
Release date | April 2012 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2012 |
Editors | Xiangming Chen, Ahmed Kanna |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-89223-0 |
Barcode | 9780415892230 |
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LSN | 0-415-89223-6 |