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100 1 _aCoe, Neil M.
245 1 0 _aEconomic geography: a contemporary introduction /
_cNeil M. Coe, Philip F. Kelly, Henry W.C. Yeung.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aHoboken, N.J. :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_cc2013.
300 _axxviii, 541 p. :
_bill., maps (some col.) ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aPART ONE: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Thinking geographically 2. The economy: what does it mean? 3. Capitalism in motion: why is economic growth so uneven? PART TWO: MAKING THE (SPATIAL) ECONOMY 4. The state: who runs the economy? 5. Environment/economy: can nature be a commodity? 6. Labour power: can workers shape economic geographies? 7. Making money: why has finance become so powerful? PART THREE: ORGANIZING ECONOMIC SPACE 8. Commodity chains: where does your breakfast come from? 9. Technological change: is the world getting smaller? 10. The transnational corporation: how does the global firm keep it all together? 11. Spaces of sale: how and where do we shop? PART FOUR: PEOPLE, IDENTITIES, AND ECONOMIC LIFE 12. Clusters: why do proximity and place matter? 13. Gendered economies: does gender shape economic lives? 14. Ethnic economies: do cultures have economies? 15. Consumption: you are what you buy? PART FIVE
650 0 _aEconomic geography.
650 0 _aEconomic development.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.
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