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Global metropolitan : globalizing cities in a capitalist world / John Rennie Short.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Questioning cities seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134405206
  • 1134405200
  • 9780203508657
  • 0203508653
  • 9781134405152
  • 1134405154
  • 9781134405190
  • 1134405197
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global metropolitan.DDC classification:
  • 307.76 22
LOC classification:
  • HT330 .S564 2004eb
Other classification:
  • 71.14
  • 74.72
  • ZH 9310
Online resources:
Contents:
Globalization and the city -- From world city to globalizing cities -- Globalizing cities -- Black holes and loose connections -- Tensions in the global city -- The modalities of the global city -- Going for gold: globalizing the Olympics, localizing the games -- The super-rich and the global city -- The global, the city, and the body.
Summary: The force of globalization is making cities change all around the world. Short's study explores how the discourse of globalization has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities in many parts of the world.
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Includes bibliographical references ([131]-139) and index.

Globalization and the city -- From world city to globalizing cities -- Globalizing cities -- Black holes and loose connections -- Tensions in the global city -- The modalities of the global city -- Going for gold: globalizing the Olympics, localizing the games -- The super-rich and the global city -- The global, the city, and the body.

The force of globalization is making cities change all around the world. Short's study explores how the discourse of globalization has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities in many parts of the world.

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