Urbanization in the world-economy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1985.
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| Series: | Studies in social discontinuity
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Table of Contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Urbanization in the world-economy / edited by Michael Timberlake.
- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding.
- Introduction:
- M. Timberlake , The World-System Perspective and Urbanization.
- Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations:
- J. Kentor , Economic Development and the World Division of Labor.
- J. Sokolovsky, Logic, Space, and Time: The Boundaries of the Capitalist World-Economy.
- A. Portes , The Informal Sector and the World-Economy: Notes on the Structure of Subsidized Labor.
- P. Barnhouse Walters , Systems of Cities and Urban Primacy: Problems of Definition and Measurement.
- C.A. Smith , Theories and Measures of Urban Primacy: A Critique.
- Regional Implications:
- C.A. Smith , Class Relations and Urbanization in Guatemala: Toward an Alternative Theory of Urban Primacy.
- R. Clark , Urban Primacy and Incorporation into the World-Economy: The Case of Australia, 1850-1900.
- R.J. Nemeth and D.A. Smith, The Political Economy of Contrasting Urban Hierarchies in South Korea and the Philippines.
- B. London, Thai City--Hinterland Relationships in an International Context: Development as Social Control in Northern Thailand.
- S. Sassen-Koob, Capital Mobility and Labor Migration: Their Expression in Core Cities.
- Global Patterns:
- C.K. Chase-Dunn , The System of World Cities, A.D. 800-1975.
- G. Firebaugh , Core--Periphery Patterns of Urbanization.
- K.B. Ward , Women and Urbanization in the World-System.
- M. Timberlake and J. Lunday , Labor Force Structure in the Zones of the World-Economy, 1950-1970.
- References.
- Index.
- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Urbanization, Urban economics, International economic relations.