Recommended Books on Economic Geography

Dicken, Peter. 2003. Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century. New York: Guilford Press. An incredibly comprehensive look at the causes and effects of the increasingly global and interlinked industries of the world.

Hall, Colin M., and Stephen J. Page. 1999. The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space. New York: Routledge. An excellent comprehensive introduction to the topic, containing case studies from North America, Europe, China, Australia, and the Pacific islands.

Harrington, James W., and Barney Warf. 1995. Industrial Location: Principles and Practice. New York: Routledge. A useful basic primer on industrial location written for nonexperts.

Harvey, David. 2006. Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development. New York: Verso. The latest book by a major theorist and critic of the effects of global capitalism throughout the world.

McDowell, Linda. 1997. Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City. 1997. Oxford: Blackwell. An interesting look at the importance of gender identity to the functioning of the financial sector.

Sheppard, Eric, and Trevor Barnes. 2002. Companion to Economic Geography. Oxford: Blackwell. A very accessible series of essays that serve to introduce the major concepts and issues in contemporary economic geography.