Cities around the world are striving to be 'global'. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions of identity, place and political
For millennia, urban centers were pivots of power and trade that ruled and linked rural majorities. After 1950, explosive urbanization led to unprecedented urba
A massive population shift transformed Los Angeles in the first decades of the twentieth century. Americans from across the country relocated to the city even a
Peter Taylor's compelling insights challenge us to view cities as part of a global network, divorced from the constraints of national or even regional boundarie
Take a tour of Toronto, look around Lisbon or hot-foot it to Helsinki with this global adventure in a book! 30 best-loved cities from around the world are broug