Reading Economic Geography

This reader introduces students to examples of the most important research contributions to economic geography in recent years. In its structure and content, it mirrors Blackwell's Companion to Economic Geography and it can be used either to complement that volume or as a stand-alone text. The reader opens with an editorial introduction, summarising the nature of contemporary economic geography, explaining the volume's structure, and discussing what it means to take a critical approach to geography. The readings themselves are grouped into five sections, each of which is also prefaced by an editorial commentary, placing them within a critical framework. Suggestions for further reading are included to enable students to investigate particular topics further. The editors are all highly respected international authorities on economic geography.

ISBN 063123554X   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780631235545 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 858 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Oxford Imprint Blackwell Publishers   Series ISSN 3 Format Paperback   Series title Blackwell Readers in Geography Publication date 14 Aug 2003   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress HF1025 \.R   Width (mm) 172 DEWEY 330.9   Spine width (mm) 27 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 496

		Acknowledgments
		Introduction: Reading Economic Geography		1
Pt. I		Worlds of Economic Geography		11
		Introduction: Paradigms Lost		13
1		The Difference a Generation Makes by David Harvey		19
2		Industry and Space: A Sympathetic Critique of Radical Research by Andrew Sayer		29
3		An Institutionalist Perspective on Regional Economic Development by Ash Amin		48
4		Refiguring the Economic in Economic Geography by Nigel J. Thrift and Kris Olds		59
5		The Economy, Stupid! Industrial Policy Discourse and the Body Economic by J. K. Gibson-Graham		72
Pt. II		Realms of Production		89
		Introduction: Problematizing Production		91
6		Is There a Service Economy? The Changing Capitalist Division of Labor by Richard A. Walker		97
7		Uneven Development: Social Change and Spatial Divisions of Labor by Doreen Massey		111
8		Flexible Production Systems and Regional Development: The Rise of New Industrial Spaces in North America and Western Europe by Allen J. Scott		125
9		Global-Local Tensions: Firms and States in the Global Space-Economy by Peter Dicken		137
10		The Politics of Relocation: Gender, Nationality, and Value in a Mexican Maquiladora by M. W. Wright		151
Pt. III		Resource Worlds		167
		Introduction: Producing Nature		169
11		Nature, Economy, and the Cultural Politics of Theory: The "War Against the Seals" in the Bering Sea, 1870-1911 by Noel Castree		175
12		Modernity and Hybridity: Nature, Regeneracionismo, and the Production of the Spanish Waterscape, 1890-1930 by Erik Swyngedouw		189
13		Oil as Money: The Devil's Excrement and the Spectacle of Black Gold by Michael J. Watts		205
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"...represents some of the most important milestones in the development of contemporary economic geography....an essential reference point for beginners and specialists alike." Gordon L. Clark, University of Oxford "Brings to life the vibrancy, excitement and passion of economic geography. Crisp and provocative introductions divide the reader into five thematic sections, and the selections themselves will spark debate in the classroom. This will be required reading in any serious undergraduate geography program and a coveted resource for students at any level." Altha Cravey, University of North Carolina "This is a wonderful showcase of the depth and breadth of the vibrant and unruly field that is economic geography. Although nominally an accompaniment to A Companion to Economic Geography, this book more than stands on its own merits as a critical journey through some of the most important moments and impulses of economic geography thinking." Andrew Leyshon, University of Nottingham "...manages to combine a strong sense of the intellectual diversity of contemporary economic geography with an awareness of the key questions whic define the scope of the discipline." Keith Chapman, University of Aberdeen

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