This volume of essays explores the geography of, and the role of geography in, national and proto-national identity. Place and national identity are bound together. Attachment to the one is almost always inseparable from the sense of the other. Yet, as this volume shows, the articulated self-conscious linking of place and identity is by and large a modern phenomenon that took root in 19th-century Europe. The formation of supranational states and the much vaunted globalization of culture led many to believe there would be a progressive dilution of national identities and a growing...

This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic 'miracle's.

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AREA:

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The Geographical Journal:

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This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic 'miracle's.

Find out more information about the RGS-IBG journals by following the links below:

AREA:

http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0004-0894

The Geographical Journal:

http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0016-7398

Transactions of the Insititute of British...