2. The Spatial Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. LIST OF MAPS vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. The Architecture of Continents 21
7. 2. The Spatial Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West 47
8. 3. The Cultural Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West 73
9. 4. Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism 104
10. 5. Global Geography in the Historical Imagination 124
11. 6. World Regions: An Alternative Scheme 157
12. CONCLUSION: TOWARD A CRITICAL METAGEOGRAPHY 189
13. NOTES 207
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 285
15. INDEX 335