Other Cities, Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age

by Huyssen (Editor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $38.24

  Offers a look at non-Western global cities. This work focuses on urban imaginaries, the way that city dwellers perceive or imagine their own cities. It analyzes the effects of global processes such as the growth of transnational corporations and investment, the weakening of state sovereignty, and the privatization of previously public services.