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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.
- Martin W. Lewis - Author
- Kären Wigen - Author
Kindle Book
- Release date: April 4, 2012
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- ISBN: 9780520918597
- Release date: April 4, 2012
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- ISBN: 9780520918597
- File size: 2040 KB
- Release date: April 4, 2012
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- ISBN: 9780520918597
- File size: 21786 KB
- Release date: April 4, 2012
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