Myth of Continents A Critique of Metageography

Name: Myth of Continents A Critique of Metageography
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ISBN: 9780520207431

ISBN-10: 0520207432

ISBN-13: 9780520207431

Edition: 1998

Authors: Martin W. Lewis, Kï¿½ren Wigen, Kï¿½ren Wigen

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In this thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Kauml;ren Wigen reexamine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted, and challenge the unconscious spatial frameworks that govern the way we perceive the world. Arguing that notions of East vs. West, First World vs. Third World, and even the sevenfold continental system are simplistic and misconceived, the authors trace the history of such misconceptions. Their up-to-the-minute study reflects both on the global scale and its relation to the specific continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa--actually part of one contiguous landmass. The Myth of Continentssheds new light on how our metageographical…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/11/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 383
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Kï¿½ren Wigenis Professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author ofThe Making of a Japanese Peripheryand co-author ofThe Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography, both from UC Press.

Kï¿½ren Wigen is Professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of The Making of a Japanese Periphery and co-author of The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography, both from UC Press.



List of Maps


Preface


Introduction



The Architecture of Continents



The Spatial Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West



The Cultural Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West



Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism



Global Geography in the Historical Imagination



World Regions: An Alternative Scheme


Conclusion: Toward a Critical Metageography


Notes


Bibliography


Index