Download or read book Port Cities and Global Legacies written by A. Mah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Port cities have distinctive global dynamics, with long histories of casual labour, large migrant communities, and international trade networks. This in-depth comparative study examines contradictory global legacies across themes of urban identity, waterfront work and radicalism in key post-industrial port cities worldwide.