Publisher: Taylor and Francis Date of Addition: 06/07/19 Copyrighted By: Anthony D. King A., Global Cities: Post-Imperialism and the Internationalization of. Global Cities: Post-Imperialism and the Internationalization of London (Routledge Library Editions: Economic Geography) King, Anthony on. Against this background, the author charts the transformation of London from imperial capital in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to world city in the capitalist world economy of today.Ĭopyright: 2015 Book Details Book Quality: Publisher Quality ISBN-13: 9781317504160 Related ISBNs: two European capitals are listed in the top ten London as the world. Suggesting ‘post-imperialism’ as the most appropriate framework for analysis, the author demonstrates the extent to which urban and regional development, both in Britain and elsewhere, were linked to a colonial mode of production, and highlights the effects of its disappearance. This book provides an overview and critique of work on the global context of metropolitan growth, world city formation and the theory it has generated. By associating themselves with globalization, the development elite hope to sell the. Since the late 1970s the role of key world cities such as Los Angeles, New York and London as centres of global control and co-ordination has come under increasing scrutiny. Through examining the emergence of Western architectural motifs in a late socialist capital, Beijing, it is shown that transplanting cityscapes is a conscious action by developers to exploit globalization and thereby overcome the constraints of local markets.
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