Table of Contents

Each chapter concludes with Endnotes
1. Introduction, Background, and Preview
Identifying global cities
The economic and cultural background
Cities and regions
Appendix: The virtual workplace
2. People, Places, and Life-Styles
The financial services sector
Power and oppositions
Yuppies and dinks in gentrified areas
International tourists and tourism
Tourism and hyper-consumption
Edge cities
3. Immigration
Hostility and dependence
The immigrants
Illegal entrants
Enclaves
Citizenship and the nation-state
4. Cities in the Global Economy
Global classifications
Location of stock exchanges
International banking and finance
Multinational corporations and foreign investment
Corporate service firms
The economic hierarchy
Post-script: Separating products and places
5. Inequality
Measuring income inequality
Inequality in global cities
Spatial reflections
Global inequality
Inequality conclusions
Appendix: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
6. Global Culture and the Cultural Industries
Globalization, culture, and identity
Rootlessness versus multiple identities
Cultural industries and economy
Entertainment conglomerates
Concluding generalizations
7. The Global Cultural Industries Hierarchy
Recorded music
Movies
Television
The cultural industries hierarchy
8. Some Final Thoughts
Designating global cities
Cities and nation-states