The Globalizing Cities Reader
by Ren, Xuefei
"The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field, while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging research foci and horizons. It contains 38 ne…
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- Full title :The Globalizing Cities Reader / Xuefei Ren.
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"The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field, while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging research foci and horizons. It contains 38 new chapters, including key writings on globalizing cities from leading thinkers such as John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor, Manuel Castells, Anthony King, Jennifer Robinson, Ananya Roy, and Fulong Wu. The new Reader reflects the fact that world and global city studies have evolved in exciting and wide-ranging ways, and the very notion of a distinct "global" class of cities has recently been called into question. The sections examine the foundations of the field and processes of urban restructuring and global city formation. A large number of new entries focus on the emerging urban worlds of Asia, Latin America and Africa, including Beijing, Bogota, Cairo, Cape Town, Delhi, Istanbul, Medellin, Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai. The book also presents cases off the conventional map of global cities research, such as smaller cities and less known urban regions that are undergoing processes of globalization. The book is a key resource for students and scholars alike who seek an accessible compendium of the intellectual foundations of global urban studies as well as an overview of the emergent patterns of early 21st century urbanization and associated sociopolitical contestation around the world."--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:2017.
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : text file, PDF
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781315684871, 131568487X
- oclc:on1004027116
- LC Classification:HT119
- Dewey Decimal:307.76
Table of Contents
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Editorsâ#x80;#x99; introduction: from Global to Globalizing Cities -- PART 1 FOUNDATIONS -- Introduction to Part One -- 1 Prologue: â#x80;#x9C;The metropolitan explosionâ#x80;#x9D; -- 2 â#x80;#x9C;Divisions of space and time in Europeâ#x80;#x9D; -- 3 â#x80;#x9C;World city formation: an agenda for research and actionâ#x80;#x9D; -- 4 â#x80;#x9C;Locating cities on global circuitsâ#x80;#x9D; -- 5 â#x80;#x9C;Urban specialization in the world system: an investigation of historical casesâ#x80;#x9D
6 â#x80;#x9C;Accumulation and comparative urban systemsâ#x80;#x9D;7 â#x80;#x9C;The world-system perspective and urbanizationâ#x80;#x9D; -- 8 â#x80;#x9C;Global city formation in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles: an historical perspectiveâ#x80;#x9D; -- 9 â#x80;#x9C;Global and world cities: a view from off the mapâ#x80;#x9D; -- 10 â#x80;#x9C;Space in the globalizing cityâ#x80;#x9D; -- PART 2 PATHWAYS -- Introduction to Part Two -- 11 Prologue: â#x80;#x9C;Istanbul was our past, Istanbul is our futureâ#x80;#x9D; -- 12 â#x80;#x9C;The city as a landscape of power: London and New York…
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