Material Geographies: A World in the Making

432 pages. cover worn, bumped, Is the current form of globalization inevitable? Material Geographies shows t hat the present form of globalization has been actively ?made? by corporatio ns, governments and international agencies, as well as through the combined effo rts of many smaller actors. It discusses:o themes - including economy, en vironment, politics, mobility, technologyo actors - human and non-human f orces, from biodiversity to climateo spaces - the key concepts of territo ry and flowo responsibilities - our relations with people and other livin g things.Taking a range of different perspectives - from financial instit utions to nation states, global migration to local identity - this is a vivid ex position of how globalization works at different scales. Unique in teaching lite rature with its focus on the non-human, it demonstrates how globalization can be understood geographically.