Global metropolitan :
Short, John R.
Global metropolitan : globalizing cities in a capitalist world / John Rennie Short. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2004. - viii, 146 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Questioning cities series .
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.
0415305411 (hbk.) 041530542X (pbk.)
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Globalization.
Cosmopolitanism.
City dwellers--Social conditions.
City dwellers--Economic conditions.
City and town life.
307.76 / S4G5
Global metropolitan : globalizing cities in a capitalist world / John Rennie Short. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2004. - viii, 146 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Questioning cities series .
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.
0415305411 (hbk.) 041530542X (pbk.)
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Globalization.
Cosmopolitanism.
City dwellers--Social conditions.
City dwellers--Economic conditions.
City and town life.
307.76 / S4G5
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