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Another Global City

Historical Explorations into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850–2000

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Editors:
  1. Pierre-Yves Saunier

    1. CNRS/Université de Lyon, France

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  2. Shane Ewen

    1. Leeds Metropolitan University, Great Britain

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Pierre-Yves Saunier
    Pages 1-18

  3. In the Precincts of the Global City

    • Andrew Brown-May
    Pages 19-34

  4. Mediterranean Connections

    • Nora Lafi
    Pages 35-50

  5. Pacific Crossings?

    • Jeffrey Hanes
    Pages 51-68

  6. A City in the World of Cities

    • Renaud Payre, Pierre-Yves Saunier
    Pages 69-84

  7. Selling the City-State

    • Nancy H. Kwak
    Pages 85-100

  8. Transnational Municipalism in a Europe of Second Cities

    • Shane Ewen
    Pages 101-117

  9. Mayor Edward I. Koch and New York’s Municipal Foreign Policy, 1977–1990

    • Jonathan Soffer
    Pages 119-133

  10. The Municipal Making of Transnational Networks

    • Yon Hsu
    Pages 135-152

  11. Latin American Municipalities in Transnational Networks

    • Silvia Robin, Sébastien Velut
    Pages 153-171

  12. Conclusion Lost in Translation?

    • Shane Ewen
    Pages 173-184

  13. Epilogue Cities, Competition, and Cooperation

    • Marjatta Hietala
    Pages 185-193

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 195-242
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNRS/Université de Lyon, France

    Pierre-Yves Saunier

  • Leeds Metropolitan University, Great Britain

    Shane Ewen

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Another Global City

  • Book Subtitle: Historical Explorations into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850–2000

  • Editors: Pierre-Yves Saunier, Shane Ewen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230613812

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Pierre-Yves Saunier and Shane Ewen 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60663-0Published: 19 September 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37395-6Published: 19 September 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61381-2Published: 21 July 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 242

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Modern History

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