Labor geographies
Subtitle: workers and the landscapes of capitalism
By: Andrew Herod.
Series: Perspectives on economic change.
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Labor unions -- Organizing.; Labor unions.; Economic geography.; International labor activities.
Other titles: Workers and the landscapes of capitalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Labor and Landscapes; title: CHAPTER 2. Toward a Labor Geography; title: CHAPTER 3. Challenging the Global Locally:; title: Labor in a Postindustrial Global City; title: CHAPTER 4. Spatial Sabotage: Containerization, Union Work; title: Rules, and the Geography of Waterfront Work; title: CHAPTER 5. Scales of Struggle: Labor's Rescaling of Contract; title: Bargaining in the U.S. East Coast; title: Longshoring Industry; title: CHAPTER 6. Labor as an Agent of Globalization; title: and as a Global Agent; title: CHAPTER 7. Engineering Spaces of Anti-Communism:; title: Connecting Cold War Global Strategy; title: to Local Everyday Life; title: CHAPTER 8. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally?:; title: The Practice of International Labor Solidarity; title: and the Geography of the Global Economy; title: CHAPTER 9. International Labor Union Activity; title: and the Landscapes of Transition; title: in Central and Eastern Europe; title: CHAPTER 10. Labor Geographies: A Conclusion; title: and a New Beginning?; title: NOTES; title: REFERENCES; title: INDEX; title: ABOUT THE AUTHOR.