Processes of Spatialization in the Americas : Configurations and Narratives

Where do the Americas begin, and where do they end? What is the relationship between the spatial constructions of «area» and «continent»? How were the Americas imagined by different actors in different historical periods, and how were these imaginations - as continent, nation, region - guided by cha...

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Other Authors: Pisarz-Ramirez, Gabriele (Editor), Warnecke-Berger, Hannes (Editor)
Format: eBook
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2018
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