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  • Formaat: Hardback, 488 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 10x10x10 mm, kaal: 1180 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Mar-2011
  • Kirjastus: Pearson
  • ISBN-10: 0321722507
  • ISBN-13: 9780321722508
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 488 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 10x10x10 mm, kaal: 1180 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Mar-2011
  • Kirjastus: Pearson
  • ISBN-10: 0321722507
  • ISBN-13: 9780321722508
Teised raamatud teemal:
This comprehensive text explores contemporary geographic topics and perspectives relating to the world economy. The authors provide a strong theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the global economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and regional realignments. Economic theory is combined with geography to address critical problems of growth, distribution, and development, along with their impact on international business. Recent geopolitical changes are vividly portrayed in a series of superb full-color maps and striking photographs. The Sixth Edition includes updated tables and data, color maps, 2009 economic statistics, a detailed analysis of the global shift in world trade and development, eleven new Case Studies, and a new Premium Website with videos, weblinks, RSS feeds, and quizzes.
Preface to the Sixth Edition ix
Acknowledgments xi
The Teaching and Learning Package xii
Geography Videos Online xiii
About the Authors xv
About Our Sustainability Initiatives xvi
Dedication xvii
Chapter 1 Economic Geography: An Introduction
1(19)
Geographic Perspectives
1(1)
Five Analytical Themes for Approaching Economic Geography
2(2)
Modes of Theorizing in Economic Geography
4(2)
Location Theory
4(1)
Political Economy
5(1)
Poststructuralist Economic Geography
6(1)
Capitalism
6(3)
Economic Geography of the World Economy
9(3)
Globalization
12(4)
Globalization of Culture and Consumption
13(1)
Telecommunications
13(1)
Globalization of the Economy
13(1)
Transnational Corporations
13(1)
Globalization of Investment
14(1)
Locational Specialization
14(1)
Globalization of Services
15(1)
Globalization of Tourism
15(1)
Information Technology and Globalization
15(1)
Globalization versus Local Diversity
16(1)
Problems in World Development
16(4)
Environmental Constraints
16(1)
Disparities in Wealth and Well-Being
17(1)
Summary and Plan
18(1)
Key Terms
19(1)
Study Questions
19(1)
Suggested Readings
19(1)
Web Resources
19(1)
Chapter 2 The Historical Development of Capitalism
20(38)
Feudalism and the Birth of Capitalism
21(4)
Characteristics of Feudalism
21(2)
The End of Feudalism
23(2)
The Emergence and Nature of Capitalism
25(10)
Markets
26(2)
Class Relations
28(1)
Finance
29(1)
Territorial and Geographic Changes
29(2)
Long-Distance Trade
31(1)
New Ideologies
31(2)
The Nation-State
33(2)
The Industrial Revolution
35(10)
Inanimate Energy
35(1)
Technological Innovation
36(1)
Productivity Increases
37(1)
The Geography of the Industrial Revolution
38(2)
Cycles of Industrialization
40(1)
Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
41(1)
Creation of an Industrial Working Class
41(1)
Urbanization
42(1)
Population Effects
42(1)
Growth of Global Markets and International Trade
43(1)
Case Study: Railroads and Geography
44(1)
Colonialism: Capitalism on a World Scale
45(9)
The Unevenness of Colonialism
45(1)
How Did the West Do It?
46(1)
A Historiography of Conquest
47(1)
Latin America
47(1)
North America
48(1)
Africa
48(1)
The Arab World
49(1)
South Asia
50(1)
East Asia
50(3)
Southeast Asia
53(1)
Oceania
54(1)
The Effects of Colonialism
54(2)
Annihilation of Indigenous Peoples
54(1)
Restructuring around the Primary Economic Sector
54(1)
Formation of a Dual Society
54(1)
Polarized Geographies
54(1)
Transplantation of the Nation-State
55(1)
Cultural Westernization
56(1)
The End of Colonialism
56(2)
Summary
56(1)
Key Terms
57(1)
Study Questions
57(1)
Suggested Readings
57(1)
Web Resources
57(1)
Chapter 3 Population
58(38)
Global Population Distribution
59(3)
Population Density
60(2)
Factors Influencing Population Distribution
62(1)
Population Growth over Time and Space
63(1)
Population Change
63(1)
Fertility and Mortality
64(1)
Malthusian Theory
64(5)
Case Study: Population and Land Degradation
68(1)
Demographic Transition Theory
69(11)
Stage 1 Preindustrial Society
69(4)
Stage 2 Early Industrial Society
73(2)
Stage 3 Late Industrial Society
75(1)
Stage 4 Postindustrial Society
76(3)
Contrasting the Demographic Transition and Malthusianism
79(1)
Criticisms of Demographic Transition Theory
79(1)
Population Structure
80(2)
The Baby Boom, an Aging Population, and Its Impacts
82(2)
Migration
84(12)
Causes of Migration
84(1)
The Economics of Migration
84(2)
Barriers to Migration
86(1)
Characteristics of Migrants
86(1)
Consequences of Migration
86(1)
Patterns of Migration
87(4)
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
91(1)
Case Study: The Great Depression (Baby Bust) Ahead
92(1)
Summary
93(1)
Key Terms
94(1)
Study Questions
94(1)
Suggested Readings
95(1)
Web Resources
95(1)
Chapter 4 Resources and Environment
96(34)
Resources and Population
97(1)
Carrying Capacity and Overpopulation
98(1)
Types of Resources and Their Limits
98(6)
Resources and Reserves
98(1)
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
98(1)
Food Resources
99(2)
Population Growth
101(1)
Poverty
102(1)
Maldistribution
102(1)
Civil Unrest and War
102(1)
Environmental Decline
103(1)
Government Policy and Debt
103(1)
Increasing Food Production
104(3)
Expanding Cultivated Areas
104(1)
Raising the Productivity of Existing Cropland
104(1)
Creating New Food Sources
105(1)
Cultivating the Oceans
106(1)
High-Protein Cereals
107(1)
More Efficient Use of Foods
107(1)
A Solution to the World Food Supply Situation
107(1)
Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
107(2)
Location and Projected Reserves of Key Minerals
108(1)
Solutions to the Mineral Supply Problem
108(1)
Environmental Impacts of Mineral Extraction
109(1)
Energy
109(6)
Energy Production and Consumption
111(1)
Oil Dependency
111(1)
Production of Fossil Fuels
112(1)
Adequacy of Fossil Fuels
112(1)
Oil: Black Gold
113(1)
Natural Gas
113(1)
Coal
114(1)
Energy Options
115(7)
Conservation
115(2)
Nuclear Energy
117(2)
Geothermal Power
119(1)
Hydropower
119(1)
Solar Energy
120(1)
Case Study: Resources: Wind Energy
121(1)
Wind Power
122(1)
Biomass
122(1)
Environmental Degradation
122(4)
Pollution
122(1)
Air Pollution
122(1)
Water Pollution
123(1)
Wildlife and Habitat Preservation
123(1)
Regional Dimensions of Environmental Problems
124(2)
Environmental Equity and Sustainable Development
126(4)
From a Growth-Oriented to a Balance Oriented Lifestyle
127(1)
Summary
127(1)
Key terms
127(1)
Study Questions
128(1)
Suggested Readings
128(1)
Web Resources
129(1)
Chapter 5 Theoretical Considerations
130(26)
Factors of Location
131(5)
Labor
132(1)
Land
133(1)
Capital
134(1)
Managerial and Technical Skills
135(1)
The Weberian Model
136(4)
Weber in Today's World
138(2)
Technique and Scale Considerations
140(3)
Scale Considerations
140(1)
Principles of Scale Economies
140(1)
Vertical and Horizontal Integration and Diversification
141(1)
Interfirm Scale Economies: Agglomeration
141(1)
Evaluation of Industrial Location Theory
142(1)
How and Why Firms Grow
143(1)
Geographic Organization of Corporations
144(2)
Organizational Structure
144(2)
Administrative Hierarchies
146(1)
Economic Geography and Social Relations
146(1)
Relations among Owners
146(1)
Relations between Capital and Labor
146(1)
Competition and Survival in Space
146(1)
The Product Cycle
147(1)
Business Cycles and Regional Landscapes
148(2)
Information Technology: The Fifth Wave?
149(1)
Business Cycles and the Spatial Division of Labor
149(1)
The State and Economic Geography
150(6)
Summary
153(1)
Key Terms
154(1)
Study Questions
154(1)
Suggested Readings
154(1)
Web Resources
155(1)
Chapter 6 Agriculture
156(28)
The Formation of a Global Agricultural System
158(1)
The Industrialization of Agriculture
159(2)
Case Study: Agro-Foods
159(1)
Human Impacts on the Land
160(1)
Factors Affecting Rural Land Use
161(1)
Climatic Limitations
161(1)
Cultural Preferences and Perceptions
161(1)
Systems of Agricultural Production
162(6)
Preindustrial Agriculture
163(1)
Peasant Mode of Production
164(1)
Shifting Cultivation
164(1)
Pastoral Nomadism
165(1)
Intensive Subsistence Agriculture
166(1)
Problems of Subsistence Agriculturalists
167(1)
Commercial Agriculture
168(9)
U.S. Commercial Agriculture: Crops and Regions
169(1)
Commercial Agriculture and the Number of Farmers
169(1)
Machinery and Other Resources in Farming
170(1)
Types of Commercial Agriculture
170(1)
Mixed Crop and Livestock Farming
170(1)
Dairy Farming
171(1)
Grain Farming
171(4)
Cattle Ranching
175(1)
Mediterranean Cropping
176(1)
Horticulture and Fruit Farming
176(1)
U.S. Agricultural Policy
177(3)
The Farm Problem in North America
177(1)
The U.S. Farm Subsidy Program
178(2)
Sustainable Agriculture
180(1)
The Von Thunen Model
181(3)
Summary
182(1)
Key Terms
183(1)
Study Questions
183(1)
Suggested Readings
183(1)
Web Resources
183(1)
Chapter 7 Manufacturing
184(28)
Major Concentrations of World Manufacturing
185(8)
North America
185(4)
Europe and Russia
189(3)
East Asia
192(1)
Deindustrialization
193(2)
The Dynamics of Major Manufacturing Sectors
195(12)
Textiles and Garments
195(1)
Steel
196(4)
Automobiles
200(1)
Electronics
201(4)
Case Study: Export Processing Zones
205(1)
Biotechnology
206(1)
Flexible Manufacturing
207(5)
Fordism
207(1)
Post-Fordism/Flexible Production
208(2)
Summary
210(1)
Key Terms
210(1)
Study Questions
210(1)
Suggested Readings
211(1)
Web Resources
211(1)
Chapter 8 Services
212(32)
Defining Services
213(3)
Forces Driving the Growth of Services
216(6)
Rising Incomes
216(1)
Demand for Health Care and Education
217(2)
An Increasingly Complex Division of Labor
219(1)
The Public Sector: Growth and Complexity
220(1)
Service Exports
220(1)
The Externalization Debate
221(1)
Labor Markets in the Service Economy
222(5)
Characteristics of Services Labor Markets
222(1)
Labor Intensity
222(1)
Income Distribution
223(1)
Gender Composition
224(1)
Low Degree of Unionization
225(1)
Educational Inputs
226(1)
Financial Services
227(4)
Commercial Banking
227(1)
Investment Banking
227(1)
Savings and Loans
227(1)
Insurance
227(1)
The Regulation of Finance
228(1)
The Deregulation of Finance
229(1)
The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009
230(1)
Studies of Major Producer Services by Sector
231(2)
Accounting
231(1)
Design and Innovation
231(1)
Legal Services
232(1)
The Location of Producer Services
233(1)
Interregional Trade in Producer Services
233(1)
International Trade in Services
233(6)
Electronic Funds Transfer Systems
234(2)
Offshore Banking
236(1)
Back-Office Relocations
236(3)
Consumer Services
239(5)
Tourism
239(1)
Case Study: Medical Tourism
240(1)
Summary
241(1)
Key Terms
242(1)
Study Questions
242(1)
Suggested Readings
243(1)
Web Resources
243(1)
Chapter 9 Transportation and Communications
244(26)
Transportation Networks in Historical Perspective
245(4)
Time-Space Convergence or Compression
249(1)
Transportation Infrastructure
250(1)
General Properties of Transport Costs
251(2)
Carrier Competition
252(1)
Freight Rate Variations and Traffic Characteristics
252(1)
Regimes for International Transportation
252(1)
Transportation, Deregulation and Privatization
253(1)
Hub-and-Spoke Networks
254(1)
Personal Mobility in the United States
254(2)
Automobiles
254(2)
High-Speed Trains and Magnetic Levitation
256(1)
Telecommunications
256(5)
Fiber-optic Satellite Systems
258(1)
Telecommunications and Geography
259(2)
Geographies of the Internet
261(9)
Origins and Growth of the Internet
262(1)
Social and Spatial Discrepancies in Internet Access
263(2)
Case Study: Chinese Internet Censorship
265(1)
Social Implications of the Internet
265(1)
E-Commerce
266(1)
E-Government
267(1)
E-Business
267(1)
Health Care
268(1)
Summary
268(1)
Key Terms
268(1)
Study Questions
269(1)
Suggested Readings
269(1)
Web Resources
269(1)
Chapter 10 Cities and Urban Economies
270(28)
The Rise of the Modern City
271(1)
Urban Economic Base Analysis
272(5)
The Urban Division of Labor
277(1)
Urban Residential Space
278(1)
The Residential Location Decision
278(1)
The Filtering Model of Housing
278(1)
Housing Demand and Supply
278(1)
The Sprawling Metropolis: Patterns and Problems
279(4)
Out to the Exurbs
281(1)
Suburbanization and Inner-City Decline
282(1)
Gentrification
282(1)
Problems of the U.S. City
283(6)
Urban Decay
285(1)
The Crisis of the Inner-City Ghetto
285(4)
Employment Mismatch
289(1)
Global Cities
289(3)
Urban Sustainability
292(6)
Case Study: Environmental Impacts of Cities
293(2)
Summary
295(1)
Key Terms
295(1)
Study Questions
296(1)
Suggested Readings
296(1)
Web Resources
297(1)
Chapter 11 Consumption
298(14)
The Historical Context of Consumption
299(3)
Theoretical Perspectives on Consumption
302(3)
Sociological Views of Consumption
302(2)
Neoclassical Economic Views
304(1)
Marxist Views of Consumption
305(1)
Geographies of Consumption
305(3)
Case Study: Commodity Chains
307(1)
Environmental Dimensions of Consumption
308(4)
Summary
310(1)
Key Terms
311(1)
Study Questions
311(1)
Suggested Readings
311(1)
Web Resources
311(1)
Chapter 12 International Trade and Investment
312(34)
International Trade
313(2)
Trade by Barter and Money
314(1)
Comparative Advantage
315(4)
Transport Costs and Comparative Advantage
316(1)
Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory
316(1)
Inadequacies of Trade Theories
317(1)
Fairness of Free Trade
317(1)
Worsening Terms of Trade
317(2)
Competitive Advantage
319(2)
International Money and Capital Markets
321(1)
International Banking
321(1)
Euromarkets
321(1)
Exchange Rates and International Trade
321(2)
Why Exchange Rates Fluctuate
322(1)
U.S. Trade Deficits
323(1)
Results of the U.S. Trade Deficit
324(1)
Capital Flows and Foreign Direct Investment
324(6)
World Investment by Transnational Corporations
324(1)
Investment by Foreign Multinationals in the United States
325(2)
Effects of Foreign Direct Investment
327(3)
Barriers to International Trade and Investment
330(3)
Management Barriers
330(1)
Government Barriers to Trade
331(1)
Tariffs, Quotas, and Nontariff Barriers
332(1)
Effects of Tariffs and Quotas
332(1)
Government Stimulants to Trade
333(1)
Reductions of Trade Barriers
333(4)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
333(1)
World Trade Organization
334(1)
Government Barriers to Flows of Production Factors
335(1)
Multinational Economic Organizations
335(1)
International Financial Institutions
336(1)
Regional Economic Integration
337(9)
The European Union
338(1)
The EU's Single Currency
339(1)
North American Free Trade Agreement
339(3)
Case Study: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
342(1)
OPEC
343(1)
Summary
344(1)
Key Terms
345(1)
Study Questions
345(1)
Suggested Readings
345(1)
Web Resources
345(1)
Chapter 13 International Trade Patterns
346(20)
World Patterns of Trade
347(14)
The United States
348(1)
U.S. Merchandise Trade
349(2)
U.S. Services Trade
351(1)
Canada
352(1)
The European Union
352(1)
Latin America
353(1)
Mexico
353(1)
South America
354(1)
East Asia
354(1)
Japan
355(2)
China
357(1)
Taiwan
358(1)
South Korea
358(1)
Australia
358(1)
India
359(1)
South Africa
360(1)
Russia
360(1)
The Middle East
360(1)
Major Global Trade Flows
361(5)
Microelectronics
361(1)
Automobiles
361(1)
Steel
362(1)
Textiles and Clothing
363(1)
Grains and Feed
363(1)
Nonoil Commodities
363(1)
Summary
364(1)
Key Terms
364(1)
Study Questions
364(1)
Suggested Readings
364(1)
Web Resources
365(1)
Chapter 14 Development and Underdevelopment in the Developing World
366(45)
What's in a Word? "Developing"
367(13)
How Economic Development Is Measured
368(1)
GDP per Capita
368(1)
Economic Structure of the Labor Force
369(1)
Education and Literacy of a Population
369(3)
Health of a Population
372(3)
Consumer Goods Produced
375(1)
Urbanization in Developing Countries
376(3)
Case Study: Remittances
379(1)
Geographies of Underdevelopment
380(4)
Latin America
381(1)
Southeast Asia
382(1)
East Asia (Excluding Japan)
383(1)
South Asia
383(1)
Middle East and North Africa
383(1)
Sub-Saharan Africa
384(1)
Characteristic Problems of Less Developed Countries
384(8)
Rapid Population Growth
384(1)
Unemployment and Underemployment
385(1)
Low Labor Productivity
385(1)
Lack of Capital and Investment
386(1)
Inadequate and Insufficient Technology
386(1)
Unequal Land Distribution
387(1)
Poor Terms of Trade
387(1)
Foreign Debt
388(2)
Restrictive Gender Roles
390(1)
Corrupt and Inefficient Governments
390(2)
Trends and Solutions
392(1)
Major Theoretical Perspectives on Global Patterns of Development
392(5)
Modernization Theory
392(3)
Dependency Theory
395(1)
World-Systems Theory
396(1)
Regional Disparities within Developing Countries
397(1)
Development Strategies
397(2)
Expansion of Trade with Less Developed Countries
398(1)
Private Capital Flows to Less Developed Countries
398(1)
Foreign Aid from Economically Developed Countries
399(1)
Industrialization in the Developing World
399(5)
Import-Substitution Industrialization
400(1)
Export-Led Industrialization
400(1)
Sweatshops
401(1)
The East Asian Economic Miracle
401(3)
Sustainable Development
404(7)
Summary
406(1)
Key Terms
407(1)
Study Questions
407(1)
Suggested Readings
407(1)
Web Resources
408(3)
Glossary 411(10)
References 421(2)
Credits 423(2)
Index 425
Dr. Frederick P. Stutz is Emeritus Professor of Geography at San Diego State University. He received his Ph.D. at Michigan State University, his M.A. at Northwestern University, and B.A. at Valparaiso University. His research interests include Urban Traveler Behavior, GIS Disaster Evacuation of City Traffic, and U.S.-Mexican Border Area Travel Needs Assessment. He is currently working on a project involving Energy and Travel SustainabilitySpace-Time Utility Measures for Urban Travel Purposes.

Barney Warf is Professor of Geography at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1985. His current areas of research are political economy, social theory, producer services, financial markets, telecommunications, the geography of cyberspace, military spending, and international trade. He has authored or edited 5 books, 2 encyclopedias, and 100 journal articles.