Product Description

Provides students as well as lecturers with an international Reader focusing on the evolving economic geography of the advanced capitalist economies of Europe, North America, and the Pacific Rim within the framework of economic globalisation. It gives readers an easily accessible collection of some of the most important papers published in this dynamic discipline.

The book spans the economic geographies of globalisation, new spaces of production and consumption, new landscapes of work and the restucturing of welfare, and includes a specially written introductory chapter, section overviews, and suggested further reading. An important statement on economic geography today, this book provides an indispensable resource for undergraduates in economic geography, regional economics and other related social sciences.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #440711 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 494 pages

Geography, January 2000
- "...the papers are excellent in bringing together the major developments in economic geography over the last 15 years..."

Review
"It deserves to be widely read and adopted."
––The Geographical Journal, 2000

The Times Educational Supplement 26th May 2000
"..suitable as a course text.."

Customer Reviews

Good Degree Level Resource
Brings together the best works of economic geography's leading scholars from Peter Dicken to David Harvey. Broken into four sections covering all aspects of economic geography. An excellent introduction is provided to the book and each section by the editors. All articles are abridged to highlight the key points. The text is clearly laid out and easy to use. Contents pages and index make the text easy to navigate.

On reading lists for many universities.

Invaluable
Fantastic resource for economic geography module as well as being useful to dip into whilst reading for other modules.