The Myth of Continents

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The Myth of Continents

Author	: Martin W. Lewis
File Size	: 54,8 Mb
Publisher	: Univ of California Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 11 August 1997
ISBN	: 0520207432
Pages	: 364 pages

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The Myth of Continents by Martin W. Lewis Book PDF Summary

In a thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Karen Wigen re-examine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted. 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. Photos. maps.

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The Myth of Continents by Martin W. Lewis,Kären Wigen

"Despite the recent surge of interest in geographical concepts and ideas, most social, cultural, and political studies are riddled with unexamined spatial assumptions. The Myth of Continents initiates a much-needed consideration of this state of affairs. Through a wide-ranging analysis of such metageographical constructs as East, West, Europe, and Asia,

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The Myth of Continents by Martin W. Lewis,Kären Wigen

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

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