| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Introduction : globalization, urbanization, and the second city -- The era of second city formation, 1770-1840 -- Second city economies -- Migration patterns in second cities -- Making global culture : ideas and innovation in second cities -- Municipal foreign policy : planning for global integration -- Identity and governance in the second city -- A world of cities? |
| Summary |
Manchester, England, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are what sociologist Jerome Hodos calls second cities - viable alternatives to well-known global cities such as London and New York. In Second Cities, Hodos considers how Manchester and Philadelphia have confronted problems of globalization over the past two centuries. This thought-provoking, comparative look at these cities examines their histories, economies, migration patterns, cultural innovations, transportation planning, and self-identities. Hodos demonstrates not just how the two cities are positioned in global flows of capital, go |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-239) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- England -- Manchester -- Case studies
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Urbanization -- England -- Manchester -- Case studies
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Globalization -- England -- Manchester -- Case studies
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Cities and towns -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies
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Urbanization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies
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Globalization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Cities and towns
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Globalization
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Urbanization
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England -- Manchester
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781439902332 |
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143990233X |
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9781439902318 |
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1439902313 |
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