Reading Economic Geography (blackwell Readers In Geography)

Reading Economic Geography Edited by Trevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard, and Adam Tickell Reading Economic Geography Blackwell Readers in Geography Each volume in the Blackwell Readers in Geography series provides an authoritative and comprehensive collection of essential readings from geography’s main fields of study, edited by the discipline’s leading authorities. Designed to complement the Blackwell Companions to Geography series, each volume represents an unparalleled resource in its own right and will provide the ideal platform for course use. Published The Blackwell City Reader Edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader Edited by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift Reading Economic Geography Edited by Trevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard, and Adam Tickell Reading Economic Geography Edited by Trevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard, and Adam Tickell Editorial material and organization © 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Trevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard, and Adam Tickell to be identified as the Authors of the Editorial Material in this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reading economic geography / edited by Trevor J. Barnes . . . [et al.]. p. cm. – (Blackwell readers in geography) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-631-23553-1 – ISBN 0-631-23554-X 1. Economic geography. I. Barnes, Trevor J. II. Series. HF1025.R275 330.9–dc21 2003 2002155058 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. Set in Sabon 10/12 by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall For further information on Blackwell Publishing, visit our website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com Dedicated to the memory of Robert G. Peck 1936 –2002 The Editors 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, 2001). Jamie Peck is Professor of Geography and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of Work-place (1996) and Workfare States (2001) and co-editor with Henry Yeung of Remaking the Global Economy: Economic–Geographical Perspectives (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, 2001) and with Robert McMaster of Scale and Geographic Inquiry (Blackwell, 2003). Adam Tickwell 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. Contents Acknowledgments