TY - BOOK AU - Herod,Andrew TI - Geographies of globalization: a critical introduction T2 - Critical introductions to geography SN - 140511052X AV - JZ1318 .H477 2009 U1 - 303.482 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Malden, Mass., Oxford PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Globalization KW - International economic integration KW - Human geography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-262) and index; Introduction -- Envisioning global visions -- Interpreting globalization -- Talking globalization -- Globalizing empires -- Manufacturing globalization -- Governing globalization -- Globalizing labor -- Conclusion N2 - "This book is a critical introduction to the concepts and realities surrounding what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world. The book shows that whatever else they may be, the contemporary processes that are impacting on the world economy and which are variously represented as 'globalization' and/or 'internationalization' are fundamentally geographical processes, for they are tying the planet together in new and different ways."--Jacket ER -