Economic Geography A Contemporary Introduction

Name: Economic Geography A Contemporary Introduction
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ISBN: 9781405132190

ISBN-10: 1405132191

ISBN-13: 9781405132190

Edition: 2007

Authors: Neil M. Coe, Philip F. Kelly, Henry W. C. Yeung

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Written in a clear, engaging and lively style, this text debates a wide range of topics including economic discourses, uneven development, commodity chains, technology and agglomeration, the commodification of nature, transnational corporations, labour, consumption, and economic cultures.

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


List of Boxes


Preface


Acknowledgements



Conceptual Foundations



A Geographical Approach to the Economy



Economic Discourse: Does 'the Economy' Really Exist?



Dynamics of Economic Space



Uneven Development: Why Is Economic Growth and Development So Uneven?



Commodity Chains: Where Does Your Breakfast Come From?



Technology and Agglomeration: Does Technology Eradicate Distance?



Environment/Economy: Can Nature Be a Commodity?



Actors in Economic Space



The State: Who Controls the Economy: Firms or Governments?



The Transnational Corporation: How Does the Global Firm Keep It All Together?



Labour Power: Can Workers Shape Economic Geographies?



Consumption: Is the Customer Always Right?



Socializing Economic Life



Culture and the Firm: Do Countries and Companies Have Economic Cultures?



Gendered Economic Geographies: Does Gender Shape Economic Lives?



Ethnic Economies: Do Cultures Have Economies?


Index