ISBN:
9780520918597
,
0520918592
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xv, 344 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lewis, Martin W Myth of continents
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Perception géographique
;
Geographical perception
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
;
SCIENCE ; Earth Sciences ; Geography
;
Geografía
;
Percepción geográfica
;
Geographical perception
;
Wahrnehmung
;
Geografie
;
Wereldbeeld
;
Geografie
;
Geografia (percepção)
;
Perception géographique
;
Continents
;
Geographie
;
Wahrnehmung
;
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Abstract:
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, 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-333) and index. - Description based on print version record
