Global Cities examines the distinctive commercial, residential, and spatial features of the major cities of the contemporary world--cities housing the financial and cultural activities that are most consequential for everyone, regardless of where they live. The development of these influential cities is intimately related to the emergence of modern telecommunications, the growth of multinational corporations, the internationalization of economic activity, and the increased movement of cultural symbols and artifacts across national lines. Accessible to readers with little...
Global Cities examines the distinctive commercial, residential, and spatial features of the major cities of the contemporary world--cities ho...
Abrahamson focuses on the dramatic increase in out-of-wedlock births that occurred in the United States during the last half of the 20th century. He provides the most current demographic data, and summarizes the findings in a nontechnical manner made more meaningful by references to the lives of actual people.
He also includes detailed case studies of how out-of-wedlock births increased in rural Essex, England around 1600, in Madrid, Spain around 1800, and in Jamaica in the mid-20th century. A theoretical overview summarizes the patterns exhibited in the case studies and in the...
Abrahamson focuses on the dramatic increase in out-of-wedlock births that occurred in the United States during the last half of the 20th century. H...
Abrahamson focuses on the dramatic increase in out-of-wedlock births that occurred in the United States during the last half of the 20th century. He provides the most current demographic data, and summarizes the findings in a nontechnical manner made more meaningful by references to the lives of actual people.
He also includes detailed case studies of how out-of-wedlock births increased in rural Essex, England around 1600, in Madrid, Spain around 1800, and in Jamaica in the mid-20th century. A theoretical overview summarizes the patterns exhibited in the case studies and in the...
Abrahamson focuses on the dramatic increase in out-of-wedlock births that occurred in the United States during the last half of the 20th century. H...
Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analysing cities and social life in cities. Major chapters focus upon best practices in:
field studies (participant observation)
natural experiments and quasi-experiments
surveys employing probability and non-probability samples
secondary analyses of previously published documents.
A separate chapter examines a full range of questionnaires...
Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analys...
Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analysing cities and social life in cities. Major chapters focus upon best practices in:
field studies (participant observation)
natural experiments and quasi-experiments
surveys employing probability and non-probability samples
secondary analyses of previously published documents.
A separate chapter examines a full range of questionnaires...
Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analys...
This concise yet comprehensive overview of the political and economic development of the world's cities offers a unique emphasis on its cultural impacts. The book emphasizes the transition from modern (industrial) to post-modern (post-industrial) eras and its effect on established and developing global cities, and arguments are supported with case studies for each of the main concepts of urban theory and research. Mark Abrahamson analyzes contemporary global cities - ranging from Lagos to Los Angeles, Paris to Beijing - helping students relate concepts to concrete places and understand the...
This concise yet comprehensive overview of the political and economic development of the world's cities offers a unique emphasis on its cultural impac...
This concise yet comprehensive overview of the political and economic development of the world's cities offers a unique emphasis on its cultural impacts. The book emphasizes the transition from modern (industrial) to post-modern (post-industrial) eras and its effect on established and developing global cities, and arguments are supported with case studies for each of the main concepts of urban theory and research. Mark Abrahamson analyzes contemporary global cities - ranging from Lagos to Los Angeles, Paris to Beijing - helping students relate concepts to concrete places and understand the...
This concise yet comprehensive overview of the political and economic development of the world's cities offers a unique emphasis on its cultural impac...
This volume investigates the effect of globalisation on the world's major cities through an exploration of both the economic and cultural dimensions associated with this phenomenon. It produces a detailed and multi-faceted picture of these cities, covering leading urban centres such as London, New York, Tokyo, and Paris, and other cities as well.
This volume investigates the effect of globalisation on the world's major cities through an exploration of both the economic and cultural dimensions a...
