Another Global City

Historical Explorations Into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850-2000

• Author(s): Pierre-Yves Saunier, Shane Ewen,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 242
• ISBN_10: 0230606636
  ISBN_13: 9780230606630
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / World , History / Modern / General , History / Modern / 19th Century , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Globalization , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism , Social Science / Sociology / Urban ,

Description:... This collection uses the transnational activities of municipal urban governments to historicize the origins and development of the global city, focusing on how urban problems were addressed with concepts that emerged from the "world in between" nations and cities.