{"product_id":"economic-geography-isbn-9781118874325","title":"Economic Geography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume in the celebrated \u003ci\u003eCritical Introductions to Geography\u003c\/i\u003e series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic interconnections, movements, and emerging trends shaping our globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the key theories and methods that form the basis of the discipline, and describes its “communities of practice” and relations to related fields including economics and sociology. Numerous illustrative examples explore how economic geographers examine the world and how and why the discipline takes the forms it does, demonstrating the critical value of economic geography to making sense of globalization, uneven development, money and finance, urbanization, environmental change, and industrial and technological transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngaging and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal resource for students studying across a range of subject areas, as well as the general reader with an interest in world affairs and economics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why Economic Geography Is Good For You 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Thinking Critically about Economic Geography 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Is Economic Geography? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Inventing Economic Geography: Histories of a Discipline 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Economic Geography and its Border Country 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Theory and Theories in Economic Geography 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Method and Methodology in Economic Geography 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Unboxing Economic Geography 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Doing Critical Economic Geography 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Globalization and Uneven Development 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Money and Finance 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Cities and Urbanization 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Nature and the Environment 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Industrial and Technological Change 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Conclusion 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 314 \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The most straight-forward assessment I have to offer is that I wish this was the book that introduced me to economic geography.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Bigger, Lancaster Environment Centre, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Economic Geography 18\u003c\/em\u003e (2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTrevor J. Barnes\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Geography and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of more than a 150 journal articles and edited chapters, and the author or editor of a dozen books.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBrett Christophers\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Geography at Uppsala University and the author of four previous books  including \u003cem\u003eThe Great Leveler: Capitalism and Competition in the Court of Law\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eBanking Across Boundaries: Placing Finance in Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e (2013).     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Two of economic geography's most gifted practitioners here offer an analysis of their sub-discipline full  of insight, verve, and attitude. Their wide and deep understanding of economic geography as a heterodox, contested field of knowledge allows them to show there is no one 'right' way to understand its substantive foci, such as international trade or regional economic decline.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNoel Castree,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Geography, University of Wollongong, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"In an era when the term economic geography is bandied about, evacuated of any clear meaning, this book provides students with a trenchant introduction to this academic discipline, and thus to how its practitioners make sense of major features of our contemporary world. Path-breaking, ecumenical, acknowledging warts and exhuming bodies, and insightful about topics ranging from global finance to Alaska pollock, it engagingly narrates the meaning of contemporary Anglophone critical economic geography.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEric Sheppard,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eHumboldt Chair and Professor of Geography, UCLA, USA\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This is a new and remarkably refreshing way of writing an economic geography textbook. It starts with 'the basics,' but not the usual basics. Instead, there is a discussion of critical thinking and another section that looks at 'what is theory and what does it do.' Why didn't anyone think of this before? It will be a huge help to students and professors alike. I learned a lot from it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eErica Schoenberger,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Geography, John Hopkins University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume in the celebrated \u003cem\u003eCritical Introductions to Geography\u003c\/em\u003e series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic interconnections, movements, and emerging trends shaping our globalized world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomic Geography\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the key theories and methods that form the basis of the discipline, and describes its \"communities of practice\" and relations to related fields including economics and sociology. Numerous illustrative examples explore how economic geographers examine the world and how and why the discipline takes the forms it does, demonstrating the critical value of economic geography to making sense of globalization, uneven development, money and finance, urbanization, environmental change, and industrial and technological transformation.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eEconomic Geography: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e is the ideal resource for students studying across a range of subject areas, as well as the general reader with an interest in world affairs and economics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989101658341,"sku":"NP9781118874325","price":55.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118874325.jpg?v=1761782801","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/economic-geography-isbn-9781118874325","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}