Reply: Whither the parallel paths? The future of scholarship on the world city system

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 895-904

  Beckfield, Jason ^a,b   Alderson, Arthur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846885896     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510992     Document Type: Note

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