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Acknowledgements
Part 1 Economic Patterns and the Search for Explanation 1
1 The changing world economy 3
1.1 Studying economic geography 4
1.2 Economic organization and spatial change 6
1.3 Spatial divisions of labour 11
Key sources and suggested reading 17
Related websites 18
2 Global patterns and trends 19
2.1 What 'economic development' means 23
2.2 International patterns of resources and population 24
2.3 International patterns of industry and finance 39
2.4 Interpretations of international inequality 53
Summary 54
Key sources and suggested reading 54
Related websites 55
3 Geographical dynamics of the world economy 56
3.1 History of the world economy 57
3.2 States and the world economy 62
3.3 'Market access' and the regional motors of the new world economy 75
Summary 87
Key sources and suggested reading 88
Related websites 89
Part 2 Rise of the Core Economies 91
4 Pre-industrial foundations 93
4.1 Beginnings 93
4.2 Summary: emerging imperatives of economic organization 98
4.3 Emergence of the European world-system 99
Summary 112
Key sources and suggested reading 115
Related websites 115
5 Evolution of the industrial core regions 116
5.1 The Industrial Revolution and spatial change 116
5.2 Machinofacture and the spread of industrialization in Europe 117
5.3 Fordism and North American industrialization 126
5.4 Japanese industrialization: two economic miracles 130
5.5 Emergence of 'organized' capitalism 138
5.6 Principles of economic geography: lessons from the industrial era 145
Key sources and suggested reading 146
Related websites 146
6 Globalization of production systems 148
6.1 Transitionto advanced capitalism 148
6.2 Patterns and processes of globalization 161
Summary 177
Key sources and suggested reading 178
Related websites 178
Part 3 Spatial Transformation of Core and Periphery 179
7 Spatial reorganization of the core economies 181
7.1 A new context for urban and regional change 182
7.2 Spatial reorganization of the core economies 185
7.3 Old industrial spaces 197
7.4 New industrial spaces 199
7.5 Regional inequality in core economies 208
Summary 215
Key sources and suggested reading 216
Related websites 216
8 Dynamics of interdependence: transformation of the periphery 217
8.1 Colonial economies and the transformation of global space 218
8.2 Economic mechanisms of enmeshment and maintenance in the colonial world economy 223
8.3 Influence of colonial administration on interdependence 231
8.4 Mechanisms of cultural integration 233
8.5 Changing global context of interdependence 235
8.6 Alternative models of development? 247
Summary 248
Key sources and suggested reading 249
Related websites 250
9 Agriculture: the primary concern? 251
9.1 Agriculture in the periphery 252
9.2 Land, labour and capital 256
9.3 Rural land reform 265
9.4 Capitalization of agriculture 266
9.5 Science and technology in agriculture 273
Summary 276
Key sources and suggested reading 277
Related websites 277
10 Industrialization: the path to progress? 279
10.1 National and global stimuli to industrialization 280
10.2 Limits to industrialization in the periphery 285
10.3 Geography of industrialization in the periphery 290
10.4 Rise and fall of the Soviet model of industrialization 302
10.5 China's rise in the world economy 308
Summary 314
Key sources and suggested reading 315
Related websites 315
11 Services: going global? 317
11.1 Defining and theorizing services 319
11.2 National and global stimuli to the growth of services 322
11.3 Services outsourcing: benefits and drawbacks for all? 325
11.4 Limits to service export growth in the semi-periphery and periphery? 327
11.5 Geography of services 330
11.6 Variety in the internationalization of services 338
Summary 353
Key sources and suggested reading 355
Related websites 355
Part 4 Adjusting to a New Global Economy 357
12 International and supranational institutionalized integration 359
12.1 Economic change and the new geopolitics 359
12.2 International and supranational institutionalized integration 362
12.3 Spatial outcomes of economic integration 369
Summary 384
Key sources and suggested reading 385
Related websites 386
13 Reassertion of the local in the age of the global: regions and localities within the world economy 387
13.1 Regionalism and regional policy 388
13.2 Nationalist separatism 395
13.3 Grassroots reactions 400
Summary 405
Key sources and suggested reading 406
Related websites 406
14 Conclusion 408
Key sources and suggested reading 411
Glossary 412
Bibliography 425
Index 448
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Stewart Johnston
reviewed The Geography of the World Economy on December 29, 2018
The Geography of the World Economy
Good review of the Depression period and the ways in which Hollywood responded by trying to assign blame and speak to audiences. The writing is a bit dry and academic, but if you like the topic, you'll probably be into it. 3.5/5
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