LEADER 03842nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910462074103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08025-6 010 $a9786613520241 010 $a0-520-91859-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520918597 035 $a(CKB)2670000000161805 035 $a(EBL)877899 035 $a(OCoLC)782958527 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000621818 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11451255 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000621818 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10617463 035 $a(PQKB)11547440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877899 035 $a(DE-B1597)518887 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520918597 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877899 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546804 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352024 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000161805 100 $a19960625d1997 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe myth of continents$b[electronic resource] $ea critique of metageography /$fMartin W. Lewis, Ka?ren E. Wigen 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-20743-2 311 $a0-520-20742-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-333) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tLIST OF MAPS -- $tPREFACE -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $t1. The Architecture of Continents -- $t2. The Spatial Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West -- $t3. The Cultural Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West -- $t4. Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism -- $t5. Global Geography in the Historical Imagination -- $t6. World Regions: An Alternative Scheme -- $tCONCLUSION: TOWARD A CRITICAL METAGEOGRAPHY -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn 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 one contiguous landmass.The Myth of Continents sheds new light on how our metageographical assumptions grew out of cultural concepts: how the first continental divisions developed from classical times; how the Urals became the division between the so-called continents of Europe and Asia; how countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan recently shifted macroregions in the general consciousness.This extremely readable and thought-provoking analysis also explores the ways that new economic regions, the end of the cold war, and the proliferation of communication technologies change our understanding of the world. It stimulates thinking about the role of large-scale spatial constructs as driving forces behind particular worldviews and encourages everyone to take a more thoughtful, geographically informed approach to the task of describing and interpreting the human diversity of the planet. 606 $aGeographical perception 606 $aGeopolitics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGeographical perception. 615 0$aGeopolitics. 676 $a304.2 700 $aLewis$b Martin W$0214532 701 $aWigen$b Ka?ren$f1958-$01011841 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462074103321 996 $aThe myth of continents$92472955 997 $aUNINA