P. Saunier

Another Global City (eBook, PDF)

Historical Explorations into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850-2000

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230613812
• Artikelnr.: 46751911

Autorenporträt

PIERRE-YVES SAUNIER is a chargé de recherches at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. SHANE EWEN is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural History at the School of Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

In the Precincts of the Global City: The Transnational Network of Municipal Affairs in Mebourne, Australia at the End of the Nineteenth Century; A. Brown-May Mediterranean Connections: The Circulation of Municipal Knowledge and Practices at the Time of the Ottoman Reforms, c. 1830-1910; N. Lafi Pacific Crossings: Transnational Urban Progressivism in the Twentieth Century; J. 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); R. Payre and P. Y. Saunier Selling the City-State: Planning and Housing in Singapore, 1945-1990; N. H. Kwak "Transnational Municipalism" in a Europe of Second Cities: Rebuilding Birmingham with Municipal Networks; S. Ewen Mayor Edward I. Koch and New York's Municipal Foreign Policy 1977-1990; J. Soffer The Municipal Making of Transnational Networks: A Case Study of Montreal's Twinning with Shanghai; Y. Hsu Latin American Municipalities in Transnational Networks: Reforming Municipal Government in Rosario (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay) in the 1990s; S. Robin and S. Velut Lost in Translation?: Mapping, Moulding, and Managing the "Transnational Municipal Moment"; S. Ewen The Study of Municpal Connections; M. Hietala