Knox, P: Geography of the World Economy

Acknowledgements PART 1 ECONOMIC PATTERNS AND THE SEARCH FOR EXPLANATION 1. The changing world economy 1.1 Studying economic geography 1.2 Economic organization and spatial change 1.3 Spatial divisions of labour 1.4 Key sources and suggested reading Related websites 2 Global patterns and trends 2.1 What aaC--economic developmentaaC--(t) means 2.2 International patterns of resources and population 2.3 International patterns of industry and finance 2.4 Interpretations of international inequality Summary Key sources and suggested reading Related websites 3 Geographical dynamics of the world economy 3.1 History of the world economy 3.2 States and the world economy 3.3 aaC--Market accessaaC--(t) and the regional motors of the new world economy Summary Key sources and suggested reading Related websites PART 2 RISE OF THE CORE ECONOMIES 4 Pre-industrial foundations 4.1 Beginnings 4.2 Emerging imperatives of economic organization 4.3 Emergence of the European world system Summary Key sources and suggested reading Related websites 5 Evolution of the industrial core regions 5.1 The Industrial Revolution and spatial change 5.2 Machinofacture and the spread of industrialization in Europe 5.3 Fordism and North American industrialization 5.4 Japanese industrialization: two economic miracles 5.5 Emergence of aaC--organizedaaC--(t) capitalism 5.6 Principles of economic geography: lessons from the industrial era Key sources and suggested reading Related websites 6 Globalization of production systems 6.1 Transition to advanced capitalism 6.2 Patterns and processes of globalization Summary Key sources and suggested reading Related websites PART 3 SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION OF CORE AND PERIPHERY 7 Spatial reorganization of the core economies 7.1 A new context for urban and regional change 7.2 Spatial reorganization of the core economies 7.3 Consolidation and agglomeration 7.4 Old industrial

Paul Knox is University Distinguished Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, and Senior Fellow for International Advancement at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA John Agnew is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA Linda McCarthy is an Associate Professor of Geography and a member of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, and a certified planner.