Shrinking World?

Name: Shrinking World?
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ISBN: 9780198741879

ISBN-10: 0198741871

ISBN-13: 9780198741879

Edition: 1995

Authors: John Allen, Chris Hamnett

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This is the second of a five-book series which offers a forward-looking, broad-based course in human geography. The building blocks of a 'geographical imagination' are presented through some of the principal forces that are shaping the world as it approaches the twenty-first century. Each book develops different aspects of the geographical imagination, using a mixture of text and readings, through which the authors teach what it is to think geographically. The issues that are explored are at the forefront of global and local relations. In recent years there has been much talk of a world that is progressively shrinking as developments in communications and travel increase the pace of life…

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/3/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

John Allen is a wordsmith who is comfortable writing in several diverse styles. He produces precise technical documents, effective advertising copy and poetry. Allen has lived in Nashville, Salt Lake City and Sweden. He is married and has four daughters.



Preface


Introduction




Andrew Leyshon: Annihilating space?: the speed-up of communications




Crossing borders: footloose multinationals?




Controlling space: global cities




Dirty connections: transnational pollution




Consuming spaces: global tourism




Uneven worlds


Acknowledgements


Index