The student’s new companion on economic geography. Book review of: Boris Braun and Christian Schulz. Wirtschaftsgeographie

To come straight to the point, the new textbook Wirtschaftsgeographie [Economic Geography] by Boris Braun and Christian Schulz is a highly recommendable read. In pursuit of its goal to outline “a very dynamic and multifarious sub-domain of geography” [author’s translation] (p. 249), this book is mainly directed at current and prospective students of the field of economic geography (p. 6). It keeps both these promises in quite an appealing manner. Alongside an insightful introduction to the myriad of theoretical structures applied in economic geography, its strength lies mainly in its engaging and stylistically coherent review as well as in the systematic cross-linkage of major topics. (...)