{"product_id":"geographies-of-globalization-9781405110914","title":"Geographies of Globalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenging such neoliberal assumptions as the death of distance and suggestions that geography no longer matters within a shrinking globe,  Geographies of Globalization  is a critical introduction to the concepts and realities surrounding what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part of the ‘Critical Introductions to Geography' series, this text is intended for ‘upper-level undergraduates and graduate students' (p x) to help them ‘explore the debate around how the geography of the world economy is being transformed by contemporary processes' (p. ix) . . . On completing these chapters, a good student will have derived an acute sense of both the contested complexity of globalization and its importance as a political tool for promoting a professed ‘inevitable' change.\" (Area, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"Herod presents in a concise manner a number of critical perspectives on globalization in a way that makes them easily accessible without dumbing them down.” (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An important introduction to the debates about the geography of globalization. Critical but never shrill, the book works unerringly to expose and render intelligible the intellectual and practical pressure points that are the result of the multiple processes of globalization. As good a starting point as any you'll find.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Thrift, University of Warwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing for an upper level undergraduate readership, Andrew Herod has produced a challenging critical interpretation of geographies of globalization that is both historically informed and geographically sensitive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Dicken, University of Manchester\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Terminology, Naming, and the Calculation of Historical Monetary Values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Envisioning Global Visions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Interpreting Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Talking Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Globalizing Empires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Manufacturing Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Governing Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Globalizing Labor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407845368151,"sku":"9781405110914","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405110914.jpg?v=1730500718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/geographies-of-globalization-9781405110914","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}