CONTENTS // List of maps and montages vi // Preface vii // Introduction: A space of a neo4iberal heartland 1 // PART I // Discontinuous regions 7 // 1 When was the south east? 9 // 2 Where is the south east? 32 // PART II // Regions and identities 63 // 3 Identity of places 65 // 4 Spaces of identity 90 // PART III // Space-times of neo-liberalism 115 // 5 Self-defeating growth? 117 // 6 Space, place and time 137 // Bibliography 144 // Index 153