Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism [Paperback]

Andrew Herod (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1572306858 | ISBN-13: 978-1572306851 | Publication Date: September 24, 2001 | Edition: 1

Discussions of the geographic transformations wrought by capitalism generally treat corporations as the primary agents of spatial change. We hear of billions of dollars flowing here, factories moving there, venture capitalists opening up new markets, and workers having to "take it or leave it." Yet labor too is increasingly thinking and acting geographically, whether by struggling to impose national contracts; building regional, national, or international links of solidarity; or engaging in debates over local economic development. The first book-length text of its kind, this volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the emerging discipline of labor geography. Combining innovative theoretical analysis with empirical case studies from around the world, Herod examines the spatial contexts and scales in which workers live, organize, and work to address particular economic and political problems.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A first-rate introduction to the exciting new interdisciplinary field of labor geography by one of its leading and most influential scholars ... I highly recommend this book as a text for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in economic geography, labor studies, labor history, and industrial relations, and as a source of original research for scholars in these fields." - John Holmes, Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

"Workers today are all too often cast as powerless victims of globalization, forced into competition with one another. This book does the labor movement an enormous service by exploring the political possibilities of strategic local action and transnational solidarity. It deserves to be widely read by scholars, students, and labor activists alike." - Jane Wills, co-editor, Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography; Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

About the Author

Andrew Herod is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia. His research focuses upon trying to understand how the geography of capitalism is made and how workers lives are constituted geographically, particularly within the context of processes of economic globalization. His research has won a number of awards for creativity, including the University of Georgia Research Foundation s Creative Research Medal, the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences M.G. Michael Award, and the J. Warren Nystrom Award presented by the Association of American Geographers. He is editor or coeditor of two books and of numerous articles on organized labor, globalization, and qualitative research methods.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press; 1 edition (September 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572306858
• ISBN-13: 978-1572306851
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,071,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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