books.google.com - Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading centres. What...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Evolution_of_Great_World_Cities.html?id=xibnx0M2RGMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Evolution of Great World Cities
