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6. World Regions: An Alternative Scheme

Martin W. Lewis and Kären Wigen

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The Myth of Continents

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

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Chapters in this book

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

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