The myth of continents : a critique of metageography

The myth of continents : a critique of metageography / Martin W. Lewis, Kären E. Wigen.

In this thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Karen 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 Worl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Martin W.
Other Authors: Wigen, Kären, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Geographical perception.
Geopolitics.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Table of 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.

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