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Author:   Michael Timberlake
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.769kg
ISBN:  

9780126912906

ISBN 10:   0126912904
Pages:   387
Publication Date:   03 June 1985
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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