《全球城市》的最新版本中，沙森教授进一步对全球城市的理论建构及其实证进行了大量的探讨研究，提出了许多新颖的观点。尽管该书研究的是三个特别的城市（纽约、伦敦和东京），但这些最强有力的城市可以明确一些概念问题。与本书中的其他两个城市一样，上海曾经有作为世界城市的悠久历史，它现在重新站起，并已经与多种全球循环回路接轨，上海的未来给人以无限的想象。因此，它是一个象征性的全球城市。

This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of cross-border dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational networks. All the core data in this new edition have been updated, while the preface and epilogue discuss the relevant trends in globalization since the book originally came out in 1991.