World Cities Beyond the West | Globalization, Development and Inequality

Josef Gugler (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0521536855 / ISBN 13: 9780521536851

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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World Cities Beyond the West | Globalization, Development and Inequality | Josef Gugler (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2008 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9780521536851 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Cities Beyond the West | Globalization, Development and Inequality
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521536855
• ISBN 13: 9780521536851
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 24D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 672 grams
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Synopsis

Providing an original perspective on world cities and the impact of globalization upon them, leading authorities contribute to this dedicated study of major cities in countries outside the industrialized West: Bangkok, Mumbai, Cairo, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore. All play important global and regional roles, and the contributors compare their historical paths to their present world positions and problems.

About the Author

Josef Gugler is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Contemporary African Studies at the University of Connecticut. Much of his work focuses on urbanization in Africa and he has authored and co-authored numerous books and edited volumes including African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent (2003), Cities, Poverty, and Development: Urbanization in the Third World (with Alan Gilbert, 1992), and Urbanisation and Social Change in West Africa (with William G. Flanagan, 1978).