1. Introducing economic geography = 1 2. From commercial geography to the 'cultural turn'? : approaches to economic geography = 21 3. Shaping the capitalist economy : key actors and processes = 42 4. Spaces of production and construction = 67 5. The uneven geographies of globalization = 89 6. The state and the economy = 114 7. The changing geographies of the multinational corporation = 143 8. Geographies of the new service economy = 167 9. The transformation of work and employment = 198 10. Towards a knowledge-based economy : innovation, learning and clusters = 227 11. Geographies of development = 252 12. Tourism, culture and economic development = 279 13. Conclusion = 303