Massive and parallel changes have occurred in New York City since the late 1970s and in London and Tokyo since the early 1980s. What transformed these urban centers, with their diverse histories, into "global cities" that share comparable economic and social structures? Saskia Sassen argues that their remarkable similarity arises from their position as command posts in international finance and advanced services for business.
- ISBN10 0691025673
- ISBN13 9780691025674
- Publish Date 7 December 1992 (first published 9 September 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 416
- Language English
- URL https://press.princeton.edu/titles/4942.html