The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo
In her classic book The Global City, Saskia Sassen tells how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and, in the process, underwent massive and parallel changes. The book remakes the way we think about cities in the global economy and continues to provide lessons for the future.
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The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo
In her classic book The Global City, Saskia Sassen tells how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and, in the process, underwent massive and parallel changes. The book remakes the way we think about cities in the global economy and continues to provide lessons for the future.
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The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo

The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo

by Saskia Sassen
The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo

The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo

by Saskia Sassen

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In her classic book The Global City, Saskia Sassen tells how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and, in the process, underwent massive and parallel changes. The book remakes the way we think about cities in the global economy and continues to provide lessons for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691264721
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 05/27/2025
Series: Princeton Classics
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Her books include Territory, Authority, Rights (Princeton) and A Sociology of Globalization.

Table of Contents

List of Tablesxi
Preface to the New Editionxvii
Acknowledgmentsxxv
1Overview3
Part 1The Geography and Composition of Globalization17
2Dispersal and New Forms of Centralization23
Mobility and Agglomeration24
Capital Mobility and Labor Market Formation32
Conclusion34
3New Patterns in Foreign Direct Investment37
Major Patterns37
International Transactions in Services44
Conclusion63
4Internationalization and Expansion of the Financial Industry65
Conditions and Components of Growth66
The Global Capital Market Today74
Financial Crises78
Conclusion83
Part 2The Economic Order of the Global City85
5The Producer Services90
The Category Services92
The Spatial Organization of Finance110
New Forms of Centrality122
Conclusion126
6Global Cities: Postindustrial Production Sites127
Location of Producer Services: Nation, Region, and City130
New Elements in the Urban Hierarchy140
Conclusion167
7Elements of a Global Urban System: Networks and Hierarchies171
Towards Networked Systems172
Expansion and Concentration175
Leading Currencies in International Transactions187
The International Property Market190
Conclusion195
Part 3The Social Order of the Global City197
8Employment and Earnings201
Three Cities, One Tale?201
Earnings221
Conclusion249
9Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization251
Overall Effects of Leading Industries252
Social Geography256
Consumption284
Casual and Informal Labor Markets289
Race and Nationality in the Labor Market305
Conclusion323
In Conclusion327
10A New Urban Regime?329
Epilogue345
The Global City Model346
The Financial Order355
The Producer Services359
Social and Spatial Polarization361
Appendices
AClassification of Producer Services by U.S., Japanese, and British SIC367
BDefinitions of Urban Units: Tokyo, London, New York369
CPopulation of Selected Prefectures and Major Prefectural Cities373
DTokyo's Land Market374
Bibliography383
Index435
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