The geography of the world economy / Paul Knox, John Agnew and Linda McCarthy
- Author
- Knox, Paul L.
- Published
- London : Hodder Education, 2008.
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Physical Description
- vii, 464 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators
- Agnew, John A. and McCarthy, Linda (Linda Mary)
- Contents
- ECONOMIC PATTERNS AND THE SEARCH FOR EXPLANATION: The changing world economy -- Global patterns and trends -- Geographical dynamics of the world economy -- RISE OF THE CORE ECONOMIES: Pre-industrial foundations -- Evolution of the industrial core regions -- Globalization of production systems -- SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION OF CORE AND PERIPHERY: Spatial reorganization of the core economies -- Dynamics of interdependence: transformation of the periphery -- Agriculture: the primary concern? -- Industrialization: the path to progress? -- Services: going global? -- ADJUSTING TO A NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY: International and supranational institutionalized integration -- Reassertion of the local in the age of the global: regions and localities within the world economy.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780340948354 (pbk.)
0340948353 (pbk.) - Note
- Previous ed.: London: Arnold, 2003.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-447) and index.
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