In recent decades, hundreds of millions of people across the world
have moved from rural areas to metropolitan regions, some of them
crossing national borders on the way. While urbanization and
globalization are proceeding with an intensity that seems
unprecedented, these are only the most recent iterations of
long-term transformations-cities have for centuries served as vital
points of contact between different peoples, economies, and
cultures. Making Cities Global explores the intertwined development
of urbanization and globalization using a historical approach that
demonstrates the many forms transnationalism has taken, each shaped
by the circumstances of a particular time and place. It also
emphasizes that globalization has not been persistent or
automatic-many people have been as likely to resist or reject
outside connections as to establish or embrace them. The essays in
the collection revolve around three foundational themes. The first
is an emphasis on connections among the United States, East and
Southeast Asia, Latin America, and South Asia. Second, contributors
ground their studies of globalization in the built environments and
everyday interactions of the city, because even world-spanning
practices must be understood as people experience them in their
neighborhoods, workplaces, stores, and streets. Last is a
fundamental concern with the role powerful empires and
nation-states play in the emergence of globalizing and urbanizing
processes. Making Cities Global argues that combining urban history
with a transnational approach leads to a richer understanding of
our increasingly interconnected world. In order to achieve
prosperity, peace, and sustainability in metropolitan areas in the
present and into the future, we must understand their historical
origins and development. Contributors: Erica Allen-Kim, Leandro
Benmergui, Matt Garcia, Richard Harris, Carola Hein, Nancy Kwak,
Carl Nightingale, Amy C. Offner, Margaret O'Mara, Nikhil Rao, A. K.
Sandoval-Strausz, Arijit Sen, Thomas J. Sugrue.
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