Globalization has been hailed as removing the need for company location as an issue. However, there remains a strong tendency for some industries to form geographical clusters. This book examines the reasons for this trend

Introduction -- Literature Review -- Political Economy Analytical Framework for China's Urban-Rural Economic Relationship -- Measurements and Evolutionary Stages of China's Urban-Rural Economic Relationship -- Formation and Performance of Separated Urban-Rural Economic relationship in China --...

pt. 1. Two models of expansion without borders : the European Mediterraneans -- pt. 2. Early outlines of an Asian Mediterranean : the predominance of tributary trade -- pt. 3. The overlapping of Western and Asian trading networks -- pt. 4. The arena of re-globalisation : the second birth of the...