Economic geography: a contemporary introduction

by Coe, Neil M.

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Full title :Economic geography : a contemporary introduction / Neil M. Coe, Philip F. Kelly, and Henry Wai-Chung Yeung.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvi, 426 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781405132152, 1405132159, 1405132191, 9781405132190
oclc:ocn145386111
LC Classification:HF1025
Dewey Decimal:330.9

A geographical approach to the economy -- Economic discourse: does 'the economy' really exist? -- 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? -- 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? -- 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?.