Rethinking Global Urbanism: Comparative Insights from Secondary Cities Contributor(s): Chen, Xiangming (Editor), Kanna, Ahmed (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415892236 ISBN-13: 9780415892230 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
Dewey: 307.76 |
LCCN: 2011047889 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.22 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |