Globalization and the City: Two Connected Phenomena in Past and Present
by Andreas Exenberger, et al.
Publisher: Innsbruck University Press 2013
ISBN-13: 9783902811967
Number of pages: 221
Description:
This book is dedicated to contribute to the still underdeveloped but growing literature connecting the history of cities worldwide and their relation to global processes. The authors do so from various disciplinary backgrounds and by referring to different times and places.
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