Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of SpaceIn Uneven Development, a classic in its field, Neil Smith offers the first full theory of uneven geographical development, entwining theories of space and nature with a critique of capitalist development. Featuring pathbreaking analyses of the production of nature and the politics of scale, Smith's work anticipated many of the uneven contours that now mark neoliberal globalization. This third edition features an afterword updating the analysis for the present day. |
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Page vii
... the twen- tieth century in large part through the production of space (and show theoretically why that has been and must be so) and explore its deeper and multiple intellectual and political meanings by accepting Alfred North vii Foreword.
... the twen- tieth century in large part through the production of space (and show theoretically why that has been and must be so) and explore its deeper and multiple intellectual and political meanings by accepting Alfred North vii Foreword.
Page viii
... political meanings by accepting Alfred North Whitehead's view that "the determination of the meaning of na- ture"—including human nature—"reduces itself principally to the dis- cussion of the character of time and the character of space ...
... political meanings by accepting Alfred North Whitehead's view that "the determination of the meaning of na- ture"—including human nature—"reduces itself principally to the dis- cussion of the character of time and the character of space ...
Page ix
... politics, born out of the fail- ures of so many traditional left movements to abandon their dogmatic assertions and ... political empowerment, a nondogmatic and wide-ranging inquiry into crucial aspects of the human condition, one that ...
... politics, born out of the fail- ures of so many traditional left movements to abandon their dogmatic assertions and ... political empowerment, a nondogmatic and wide-ranging inquiry into crucial aspects of the human condition, one that ...
Page xii
... political agenda. Ge- ography is being rescripted as an active political process. This is realized in more academic realms too where, to use Ed Soja's felicitous phrase, there has been a "reassertion of space in critical social theory ...
... political agenda. Ge- ography is being rescripted as an active political process. This is realized in more academic realms too where, to use Ed Soja's felicitous phrase, there has been a "reassertion of space in critical social theory ...
Page xvii
... political struggles against exploitation and oppression . And so finally I want to acknowledge the inspiration provided by Cal and Barbara Winslow . With them , I look forward to the days when we will again have something solid . Neil ...
... political struggles against exploitation and oppression . And so finally I want to acknowledge the inspiration provided by Cal and Barbara Winslow . With them , I look forward to the days when we will again have something solid . Neil ...
Contents
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The Production of Nature | 49 |
The Production of Space | 92 |
Toward a Theory of Uneven Development I The Dialectic of Geographical Differentiation and Equalization | 132 |
Toward a Theory of Uneven Development II Spatial Scale and the Seesaw of Capital | 175 |
Conclusion The Restructuring of Capital? | 206 |
Afterword to the Second Edition | 213 |
Afterword to the Third Edition | 239 |
Notes | 267 |
Bibliography | 295 |
Index | 307 |
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