Paul Knox is University Distinguished Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University where he teaches courses on Urbanization and Urban Theory. He is the author of several successful textbooks including Places & Regions in Global Context (with Salhe Marston, Prentice Hall, 2000), Urban Social Geography (with Steven Pinch, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2000). The Geography of the World Economy (with John Agnew, 3rd edition, Arnold 1998). World Cities in a World-System (co-edited with Peter Taylor Cambridge University Press,...