![]() ![]() tury financial institutions based in the City of London had established quite complex overseas Admittedly, it was a project that allowed for international comparisons, but for the most part links as firms followed and facilitated the out- it was to be conducted within a spatial frame ward flow of both directĢ26 Book reviews King, A.D. For example, by the mid-nineteenth cen- ducted as if it were an essentially national project. Yet, until is not merely a phenomenon of the 1970s and fairly recently, much of social science was con- 1980s. economy functions can provide social scientists The internationalization of productive, commer- with important insights into the way processes of cial and financial capital has a long history and social and economic change operate. However, King criticizes Very few people today would deny that an much of the existing literature on world city understanding of the way in which the world formation for its lack of historical perspective. from which transnational corporations co- ordinate their activities. Lon- identified as the key sites for profit generation, don: Routledge. World cities are and the internationalisation of London. ![]() 1989: Global cities: post-imperialism about a ‘globalized capitalism’). Book Review: Global cities: post-imperialism and the internationalisation of London.Ģ26 Book reviews King, A.D. Book Review: Global cities: post-imperialism and the internationalisation of London. ![]()
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