Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Meric S. Gertler. Manufacturing Culture: The Institutional Geography of Industrial Practice Jamie Peck and Henry Waichung Yeung. Remaking the Global Economy: Economic-Geographical Perspectives Ake E. Andersson, Borje Johansson, and William P. Anderson. The Economics of Disappearing Distance Priscilla Pue Ho Chu. The Making of Women Entrepreneurs in Hong Kong Jean-Louis Mucchielli and Thierry Mayer. Multinational Firms' Location and the New Economic Geography Anthony Downs. Still Struck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion Anthony Downs. Growth Management and Affordable Housing: Do They Conflict Yasuhide Okuyama and Stephanie E. Chang. Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo. New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy Joseph Persky, Daniel Felsenstein, and Virginia Carlson. Does "Trickle Down" Work? Economic Development Strategies and Job Chains in Local Labor Markets Sherry L. Smith. The Future of the Southern Plains Doryane KermelTorres et al. Atlas of Thailand: Spatial Structures and Development Gyorgy Enyedi and Istvan Tozsa. The Region: Regional Development, Policy, Administration and E-Government Heinz G. Preusse. The New American Regionalism Yueman Yeung and Shen Jianfa. Developing China's West: A Critical Path to Balanced National Development