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Title: The Myth of Continents : A Critique of Metageography
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, 1997.. orig. wrappers. 24x15cm, xv,344 pp. Textual maps & illus.. ISBN: 0520207432. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ PAPERBACK. Contents: list of maps; preface; introduction; the architecture of continents; the spatial constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West; the cultural constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West; Eurocenrtism and Afrocentrism; Global geography and the historical imagination; world regions: an alternative scheme; conclusion: toward a critical metageography; notes; bibliography; index.

Keywords: 0520207432 Geographical Perception, Geography, Metageography, History, Cartography, Politics, Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism, Sociology

Price: US$ 47.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS014543I