Identity and Territory- Geographical Perspectives on Nationalism and Regionalism

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Identity and Territory: Geographical Perspectives on Nationalism and Regionalism Author(s): David B. Knight Source: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 72, No. 4 (Dec., 1982), pp. 514-531 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the Association of American Geographers Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2563201 . Accessed: 19/09/2013 04:46 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Taylor & Francis, Ltd. and Association of American Geographers are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Annals of the Association of American Geographers. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 137.43.80.205 on Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:46:26 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Identity and Territory: Geographical Perspectives on Nationalism and Regionalism David B. Knight Department Geography, of CarletonUniversity, Ottawa, Ontario KiS 5B6, Canada Abstract. Group politico-territorial identitiesare potent realities in our fragileworld, yet geographers have all but ignored them. Elements and processes involved in recognizing such territoriallybound identities are discussed, with a stress on questions of scale and perception. The "legitimacy" of a group politico-territorial identity depends upon the scale of abstraction and upon the definer's perspective. The main problem lies in definingnation. At one level of

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