Vol. 41 No. 4 (1993)
Research Article

Place-Framing for Wider Distribution

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  • Grady Clay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1993.41.4.267

Published 1993-12-01

Copyright (c) 1993 Maney

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Abstract

Abstract

Extracting a new order from geographic experience calls for a jump from specifics to the generic, over-leaping the bottomless pit of specifics. It extracts commonalities; it forms generic conclusions; it is a process of abstraction, a human invention: naming.

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