Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction. Locating Cities on Global Circuits, Saskia Sassen PartI. The Urban Architecture of Global Networks 1.The Architecture of Global Networking Technologies, D. Linda Garcia 2. Communication Grids: Cities and Infrastructure, Stephen Graham 3. Firms and Their Global Service Networks, Peter J. Taylor, D.R.F.Walker, and J.V. Beaverstock 4. Hierarchies of Dominance Among World Cities: A Network Approach, David Smith and Michael Timberlake Part II. Cross-Border Regions 5. Mexico: The Making of a Global City, Christof Parnreiter 6. The Hormuz Corridor: Building a Cross-Border Region Between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, Ali Parsa and Ramin Keivani 7. Sao Paulo: Articulating a Cross-Border Region, Sueli Ramos Schiffer 8. Beirut: Re-Entering Global Circuits, Eric Huybrechts Part III. Network Nodes 9. Hong Kong: Global Capital Exchange, David R. Meyer 10. Shanghai: Reconnecting to the Global Economy, Felicity Rose Gu and Zilai Tang 11. Buenos Aires: Sociospatial Impacts of the Development of Global City Functions, Pablo Ciccolella and Iliana Mignaqui 12. Local Networks: Digital City Amsterdam, Patrick Riemens and Girt Lovink

About the Author

Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, is a leading expert on cities and globalizaiton. She has published numerous books, including The Global City (1991, 2000) Cities in a World Economy (1994), Globalization and its Discontents (1998), Losing Control? (1996), Guests and Aliens (1999), and The Mobility of Labor and Capital (1988).