Economic Geography : A Contemporary Introduction
ISBN: 9781405132190 | 1405132191
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 6/1/2007
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Henry W. C. Yeung is Professor of Economic Geography at the National University of Singapore. Philip F. Kelly is Associate Professor of Geography at York University, Canada. Neil M. Coe is Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Manchester.
Economic Geography is a comprehensive introduction to this growing field, providing students with a vibrant and distinctive geographical insight into the economy. It identifies patterns of economic activity across space, explores the role of economic scale, an... MORE
Economic Geography is a comprehensive introduction to this growing field, providing students with a vibrant and distinctive geographical insight into the economy. It identifies patterns of economic activity across space, explores the role of economic scale, an... MORE
| List of Figures | p. xi |
| List of Tables | p. xiv |
| List of Boxes | p. xvi |
| Preface | p. xviii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xxiv |
| Conceptual Foundations | p. 1 |
| A Geographical Approach to the Economy | p. 3 |
| Economic Discourse: Does 'the Economy' Really Exist? | p. 31 |
| Dynamics of Economic Space | p. 57 |
| Uneven Development: Why Is Economic Gro... MORE | p. 59 |
| Commodity Chains: Where Does Your Breakfast Come From? | p. 87 |
| Technology and Agglomeration: Does Technology Eradicate Distance? | p. 119 |
| Environment/Economy: Can Nature Be a Commodity? | p. 153 |
| Actors in Economic Space | p. 185 |
| The State: Who Controls the Economy: Firms or Governments? | p. 187 |
| The Transnational Corporation: How Does the Global Firm Keep It All Together? | p. 223 |
| Labour Power: Can Workers Shape Economic Geographies? | p. 254 |
| Consumption: Is the Customer Always Right? | p. 284 |
| Socializing Economic Life | p. 319 |
| Culture and the Firm: Do Countries and Companies Have Economic Cultures? | p. 321 |
| Gendered Economic Geographies: Does Gender Shape Economic Lives? | p. 348 |
| Ethnic Economies: Do Cultures Have Economies? | p. 377 |
| Index | p. 406 |
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Neil M. Coe is Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Manchester.
Philip F. Kelly is Associate Professor of Geography at York University, Canada.
Henry W.C. Yeung is Professor of Economic Geography at the National University of Singapore.
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