Writing the Global City: Globalisation, Postcolonialism and the Urban

by Anthony D. King

Over the last three decades, our understanding of the city worldwide has been revolutionized by three innovative theoretical concepts - globalisation, postcolonialism and a radically contested notion of modernity. The idea and even the reality of the city has been extended out of the state and nation and re-positioned in the larger global world.

In this book Anthony King brings together key essays written over this period, much of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138949566
• ISBN13: 9781138949560
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages