Reading Economic Geography - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 063123554X ISBN 13: 9780631235545

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

This reader introduces students to examples of the most important research in the field of economic geography.

• Brings together the most important research contributions to economic geography.
• Editorial commentary makes the material accessible for students.
• The editors are highly respected in their field.

About this title

About the Author

Trevor J. Barnes is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. His previous publications include A Companion to Economic Geography (co-edited with Eric Sheppard, Blackwell Publishing, 2001).

Jamie Peck is Professor of Geography and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Work-place (Guilford, 1996) and Workfare States (Guilford, 2001) and co-editor (with Henry Yeung) of Remaking the Global Economy: economic-geographical perspectives (Sage, 2003)

Eric Sheppard is Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of The Capitalist Space Economy and A World of Difference and the co-editor with Trevor Barnes of A Companion to Economic Geography (Blackwell Publishing, 2001) and with Robert McMaster of Scale and Geographic Inquiry (Blackwell Publishing, 2003).Adam Tickell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Bristol. He is editor of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers and review editor of the Journal of Economic Geography.

From the Back Cover

This reader introduces students to examples of the most important research contributions to economic geography in recent years. In its structure and content, it mirrors Blackwell’s Companion to Economic Geography and it can be used either to complement that volume or as a stand-alone text.

The reader opens with an editorial introduction, summarising the nature of contemporary economic geography, explaining the volume’s structure, and discussing what it means to take a critical approach to geography. The readings themselves are grouped into five sections, each of which is also prefaced by an editorial commentary, placing them within a critical framework. Suggestions for further reading are included to enable students to investigate particular topics further. The editors are all highly respected international authorities on economic geography.

The reader opens with an editorial introduction, summarising the nature of contemporary economic geography, explaining the volume’s structure, and discussing what it means to take a critical approach to geography. The readings themselves are grouped into five sections, each of which is also prefaced by an editorial commentary, placing them within a critical framework. Suggestions for further reading are included to enable students to investigate particular topics further. The editors are all highly respected international authorities on economic geography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 063123554X
• ISBN 13: 9780631235545
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Barnes Trevor J., Peck Jamie, Sheppard Eric, Tickell Adam