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A collection of essays by twenty-three of Canada's leading economic geographers, Canada and the Global Economy is a comprehensive study of the evolving economic and geographic patterns of Canadian development. It provides a benchmark for research on the spatial development of the Canadian economy at the time of Canada's entry into NAFTA

Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Part One: The Open Economy -- 2 Foreign Trade in Goods and Services -- 3 External Shocks: Regional Implications of An Open Staple Economy -- 4 Shifts in Canadian Direct Investment Abroad and Foreign Direct Investment in Canada -- 5 The Canadian Financial System in International Perspective -- Part Two: The New Staple Economy -- 6 Technological Imperatives in Resource Sectors: Forest Products -- 7 Restructuring in the Canadian Mining and Mineral-Processing Industries -- 8 Redrawing the Canadian Energy Map -- 9 Agriculture in a World of Subsidies -- Part Three: Manufacturing And The Impact Of Technological Change -- 10 Employment Creation By Small Firms -- 11 Organizational Restructuring of U.S.-Based Manufacturing Subsidiaries and Plant Closure -- 12 Restructuring in Mature Manufacturing Industries: The Case of Canadian Clothing -- 13 Restructuring in a Continental Production System -- 14 High-Tech Canada -- 15 Capital, Technological Change, and Regional Growth -- Part Four: Services And The Spatial Organization Of The Economy -- 16 The Role of Transportation in the Canadian Economy -- 17 The Canadian Market and Activities Oriented to Consumers -- 18 The Role and Location of Service Activities in the Canadian Space Economy -- 19 Quaternary Places in Canada -- Part Five: Political Economic Questions -- 20 Canada'S Public Space Economy -- 21 Socio-Spatial Restructuring of Canadian Labour Markets -- 22 Technological Change and Innovation: Policy Issues -- 23 Conclusion: Canada'S Emerging Economic Geography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z

Includes bibliographical references and index

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