pt. I. Ocean transport. Transportation space : a fourth spatial category for the world-systems perspective? ; Power and shaping of markets : the global order, imperialism, and shipping nationalism ; "It's all about market share" : competition among U.S. west coast ports for Trans-Pacific containerization cargo ; The hazardous waste stream in the world-systempt. II. Land transportation. The spatial organization of trade and class struggle over transport infrastructure : Southern Appalachia, 1830-1860 ; Raw materials transport and regional underdevelopment : upper Michigan's copper country ; The incorporation of West Africa : a numerical analysis of railroad expansion ; Oil, pipelines, and the "scramble for the Caspian" : contextualizing the politics of oil in post-soviet Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan ; Bulk flow systems and globalization -- pt. III. Air transport. Cities and the spatial articulation of the world economy through air travel.