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Another global city

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.

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Main Authors: Saunier, Pierre-Yves
Group Author: Ewen, Shane
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
General & world history
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
History
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230613812
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2008.
Carrier Form: 256 p.
ISBN: 9780230606630
9780230613812 :
0230613810 :
CLC: D523.5
C912.81
Contents: In the Precincts of the Global City: The Transnational Network of Municipal Affairs in Mebourne, Australia at the End of the Nineteenth Century / Andrew Brown-May * Mediterranean Connections: The Circulation of Municipal Knowledge and Practices at the Time of the Ottoman Reforms, c. 1830-1910 / Nora Lafi * Pacific Crossings: Transnational Urban Progressivism in the Twentieth Century / Jefferey Hanes* A City in a World of Cities: The Involvement of Lyon in the International Union of Local Authorities (1913-1940) and in Eurocities (1986-2006) / Renaud Payre and Pierre-Yves Saunier * Selling th

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