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The myth of continents : a critique of metageography

Title
The myth of continents : a critique of metageography / Martin W. Lewis, Kären E. Wigen.
Author
Lewis, Martin W.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
Wigen, Kären, 1958-
Description
xv, 344 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Architecture of Continents -- 2. The Spatial Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West -- 3. The Cultural Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West -- 4. Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism -- 5. Global Geography in the Historical Imagination -- 6. World Regions: An Alternative Scheme -- Conclusion: Toward a Critical Metageography.
ISBN
  • 0520207424 (alk. paper)
  • 0520207432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520207431 (pbk.)
LCCN
96030294
OCLC
  • 35042696
  • ocm35042696
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries