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Frontmatter --Inhalt --1. Einleitung --2. Zum Begriff der Peripherie/ des peripheren Raums --3. Periphere Räume in den Amerikas --4. Die Beziehung von Zentrum und Peripherie im Fall der USA --5. Räumliche Peripherie als diskursives Zentrum: Die amerikanische Frontier --6. Die kulturelle Produktivität der US-mexikanischen Borderlands --7. Zusammenfassung

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 changing agendas and priorities? This interdisciplinary volume addresses competing and conflicting configurations and narratives of spatialization in the context of globalization processes from the 19th century to the present.

In the 18th century, the power of the imagination, which had previously been regarded as problematic, experienced a radical upsurge in esteem. In the modern era, imagination has been viewed as an essential moment in processes of planning, designing, and organizing the world. The creative capacity to place things in relation to each other in time and space has since been considered a vital force in history.