[PEN-L:11537] Re: Urban & Regional Econ: Help!

["James Michael Craven" <CRAVJM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Response: Perhaps take a look at: "The Capitalist Space Economy:
Geographical Analysis After Ricardo, Marx and Sraffa" by Eric
Sheppard and Trevor Barnes, Unwin Hyman, Boston, 1990 and portions of
"The Geography of the World Economy: An Introduction to Economic
Geography 2nd Ed" by Paul Knox and John Agnew, Edward Arnold, London,
1994.

I teach Economic Geography among other courses and have found
materials in these useful.

                               Jim Craven


> An unusual set of cosmic forces has propelled me into a new teaching
> assignment: Urban and Regional Economics.  This is a senior level course with a
> prerequisite of intermediate microecon theory.  Enrollment will probably be
> between 10 and 15.
>
> If PEN-Lers can provide some suggestions, text recommendation, journals,
> readings, web-sites, etc to consult I would be most grateful.  It would be nice
> to identify some core readings and built the course from there.  With a
> relatively small class I would like to have students work on case studies, have
> student presentations, and a class forum which minimize lectures and emphasizes
> class discussion and student interaction.
>
> I will happy to post my syllabus to PEN-L when I get-it-together. (Hopefully
> with your assistance!)
>
> Other: Michael P. and I are teaching a section of our Writing Proficiency
> course for our majors.  It looks like we'll assign Doug H's Wall Street book as
> part of the course.
>
> Please post your suggestions to PEN-L.  Thank you.
>
> Barney Hope         bhope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dept of Ec
> CSU, Chico 95929 -0430


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