TY - BOOK AU - Knox,Paul L. AU - Agnew,John A. AU - McCarthy,Linda TI - The geography of the world economy SN - 9781444184709 (pbk.) : AV - HF1025 .K573 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Economic geography KW - Economic history KW - fast KW - Economische geografie KW - gtt N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Economic patterns and the search for explanation. The changing world economy ; Global patterns and trends ; Geographical dynamics of the world economy -- Rise of the core economies. Preindustrial foundations ; Evolution of the core regions ; Globalization of economic activities -- Spatial transformation of core periphery. Spatial reorganization of the core economies ; Dynamics of interdependence : transformation of the periphery ; Agriculture : the primary concern? ; Industrialization : the path to progress? ; Services : going global? -- Adjusting to the world economy. International and supranational institutionalized integration ; Reassertion of the local in the age of the global : regions and localities within the world economy ; Conclusion ER -