This core text on economic geography - provides students an accessible, balanced, and concise overview of why space, place, and location matter in business and economics. It focuses on capitalism as an evolving, ever-changing set of social relations continually altering the world's economic landscapes.
Offering numerous U.S.-based and global examples, Economic Geography drives home concepts while being engaging and relevant for students. Warf explores all aspects of the economy, from development and globalization, agriculture and manufacturing, to e-commerce and retail trade. Each chapter ends with a set of defined glossary terms, study questions, and suggested readings to encourage further student engagement. The full color art program boasts over 100 figures, illustrating examples for better learning retention. Students will leave with an understanding that capitalism as we understand it today is not inevitable, but rather resulting from historical and contextual factors.