The Doreen Massey Reader.

Cover -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 -- Out of Manchester -- Industrial dislocations -- Locality effects -- A view from somewhere -- Articulating difference -- Relational space -- Locating responsibility -- The book ahead -- References -- Part I -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- I Introduction -- II Aspects of a-spatial neo-classical economics -- III The development of major approaches in industrial location theory -- IV The spatial dimension, and contradictions within economic theory -- V Conclusions: the present position -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Policy for Labour -- Chapter 4 -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Some definitions and themes -- Appoaches to analysis -- An emerging form of the spatial division of labour -- The effects of spatial differentiation in the process of accumulation -- In conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 -- The nineteenth century -- Where are they now? -- References -- Chapter 7 -- Introduction -- The challenge of a changing structure -- The political attack -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part II -- Introduction -- Chapter 8 -- The coalfields -- Support from elsewhere -- The cities -- Thatcherland -- Explanations -- Resonance -- A common cause against Thatcher -- Finding allies -- Political catalysts -- Forms of organization -- Co-ordination -- Twinning and the distribution of food -- Preaching to the unconverted -- Conclusions -- Chapter 9 -- Time-space compression and the geometries of power -- A progressive sense of place -- References -- Chapter 10 -- I Changes in the world economy -- II Postulated implications - and some reservations -- III Identity and place -- Chapter 11 -- High technology and long hours of work -- Dualisms and masculinities -- The work/home boundary -- Resistance -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12.

Chapter 13 -- Geography's intellectual contribution -- Understanding place -- Global place/local place -- Imagined geography -- References -- Part III -- Introduction -- Chapter 14 -- Elements of the story so far -- Industrial change and spatial change -- The questions ahead -- References -- Chapter 15 -- Introduction -- Postmodern problems for feminists -- Exclusively masculine modernism -- Politics - and academe -- References -- Chapter 16 -- Class and other axes of division -- The geographies of class -- References -- Chapter 17 -- Space and time -- Radical geography -- Issues of gender -- The view from physics -- An alternative view of space -- Chapter 18 -- Marxism and the analysis of capitalism -- Explanation -- The conceptualisation of space -- Gender and feminism -- References -- Chapter 19 -- 1. Three propositions -- 2. Connections to a new politics -- 3. Contrasting interpretations of space -- 4. Intermezzo -- References -- Chapter 20 -- Power-geometries in action -- Conceptual lessons from political practice -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.

This collection of Doreen Massey's writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the range and depth of Massey's work.

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