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5th ed.

London : Hodder Education, c2008

vii, 464 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm

ISBN 978-0-340-94835-4 (brož.)

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THE GEOGRAPHY // OF THE WORLD // ECONOMY // Praise for the previous edition: // ‘...this book remains thoroughly useful. It presents a wealth of data and introduces a variety of approaches to economic geography. ’ // POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY // ‘There is much to admire in this book, not least the clear erudition and breadth of reading displayed by the authors and the fact that it is consistently well written. This is a truly comprehensive book/ TRANSACTIONS OF THE IBG // ‘This book is to be welcomed particularly for its impressive historical perspective on current developments in the world economy/ ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A // t... a good, stimulating textbook/ // KEVIN R COX, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, USA // The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth introduction to the globalization of the world economy and discusses local, regional, national and global economic development over the course of history. It provides the basis for understanding the internal and external economic interactions of both industrialized and developing countries. // Illustrated in colour throughout, this new edition has been completely revised and updated to take account of recent changes in the world economy. // PAUL KNOX is University Distinguished Professor and // Senior Fellow for International Advancement at Virginia Polytechnic // Institute and State University, USA. // JOHN AGNEW is Professor of Geography and Chair // of the Global Studies Program at the University of California,

Los Angeles. // LINDA MCCARTHY is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. // Front cover: Qilai Shen/Panos Pictures // HODDER // EDUCATION // www.hoddereducation.co.uk // ISBN 978-0-340-94835-4 // 9 // 948354 // Contents // Acknowledgements vi PART 1 // ECONOMIC PAHERNS 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

I 16 // 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 // CONTENTS // 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 Transition to 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 // CONTENTS // IO // 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 // Services: going global? 3 17 // 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? // 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