In the cramped confines of the Fraser Canyon, the Nlha7kapmx people's encounter with Europeans began when Simon Fraser passed through their territory in 1808. By the time British Columbia entered into Confederation in 1871, disease and the sudden influx of thousands of miners in search of gold had exacted a heavy toll, and a pattern of European settlement and expropriation of Native land had been established.
In Positioning the Missionary, Brett Christophers explores the place of missionaries in histories of colonialism, focusing on John Booth Good, Anglican missionary to the...
In the cramped confines of the Fraser Canyon, the Nlha7kapmx people's encounter with Europeans began when Simon Fraser passed through their territo...
Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy, focusing on the UK and New Zealand markets, and on their respective relationships with the U.S. market and its globally-influential media corporations. In illuminating the fabric of television's international space economy, the book argues that power, knowledge and geography are inseparable not only from one another, but from the process of accumulation of media capital.
Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy, foc...
Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy. It uses theories of political economy as the basis for a comparative empirical examination of the UK and New Zealand television markets, while closely considering these markets' respective relationships with the US market and its globally influential media corporations. In fleshing out this geographical perspective, the book critically addresses the power to produce, reproduce, and extract profit from territorialized media markets. To understand...
Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy. It ...
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity.
An original contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked by the current economic crisis
Offers a unique perspective on the geographical and social concept of 'placement' of the banking industry
Combines theoretical...
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'pla...
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity.
An original contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked by the current economic crisis
Offers a unique perspective on the geographical and social concept of 'placement' of the banking industry
Combines theoretical...
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'pla...
For all the turmoil that roiled financial markets during the Great Recession and its aftermath, Wall Street forecasts once again turned bullish and corporate profitability soared to unprecedented heights. How does capitalism consistently generate profits despite its vulnerability to destabilizing events that can plunge the global economy into chaos? The Great Levelerelucidates the crucial but underappreciated role of the law in regulating capitalism's rhythms of accumulation and growth.
Brett Christophers argues that capitalism requires a delicate balance between competition...
For all the turmoil that roiled financial markets during the Great Recession and its aftermath, Wall Street forecasts once again turned bullish and...
