{"id":"https://openalex.org/W298155262","doi":"https://doi.org/10.21236/ada510417","title":"Understanding Africa: A Geographic Approach","display_name":"Understanding Africa: A Geographic Approach","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W298155262","doi":"https://doi.org/10.21236/ada510417","mag":"298155262"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.21236/ada510417","doi":"https://doi.org/10.21236/ada510417","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://doi.org/10.21236/ada510417","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4406923043","display_name":"Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"US Dept of the Army","raw_type":"report"},"volume":null,"type":"report","is_traditional":false,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053863286","display_name":"Brent C. Bankus","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Brent Bankus","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114032455","display_name":"Clarence J. Bouchat","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Clarence J. Bouchat","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007721499","display_name":"Jon A. Bushman","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jon A. Bushman","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075533380","display_name":"Kent Hughes Butts","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kent H. Butts","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054908285","display_name":"Richard P. Cincotta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3091-372X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3091-372X"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Richard P. Cincotta","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050880868","display_name":"James F. Chastain","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"James F. Chastain","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001659484","display_name":"Matthew P. Cuviello","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Matthew P. Cuviello","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031248496","display_name":"Thomas Dempsey","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas A. Dempsey","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Brian J. Doyle","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Brian J. Doyle","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026554298","display_name":"Briran R. Dunmire","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Briran R. Dunmire","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12343","display_name":"Geography Education and Pedagogy","score":0.8339999914169312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12343","display_name":"Geography Education and Pedagogy","score":0.8339999914169312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12853","display_name":"Historical Geography and Geographical Thought","score":0.1054999977350235,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13162","display_name":"African Studies and Ethnography","score":0.014399999752640724,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/africa","display_name":"Africa","score":0.7699999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/historical-geography","display_name":"historical geography","score":0.4830000102519989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/american-perceptions-of-africa","display_name":"American perceptions of Africa","score":0.6100000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography-education","display_name":"geography education","score":0.5460000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/secondary-school-curriculum","display_name":"secondary school curriculum","score":0.6940000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/us-africa-relations","display_name":"US-Africa relations","score":0.5600000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/media-coverage-of-africa","display_name":"media coverage of Africa","score":0.6470000147819519}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.5455911755561829},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3359493017196655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.30234846472740173}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.21236/ada510417","doi":"https://doi.org/10.21236/ada510417","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://doi.org/10.21236/ada510417","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4406923043","display_name":"Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"US Dept of the Army","raw_type":"report"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.4156000018119812}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4232005476","https://openalex.org/W2797857557","https://openalex.org/W2597925340","https://openalex.org/W4236211521","https://openalex.org/W1753594942","https://openalex.org/W2953401455","https://openalex.org/W7095203836","https://openalex.org/W2086388378","https://openalex.org/W2326230491","https://openalex.org/W4248254103"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],":":[1],"Immediately":[2],"following":[3],"the":[179],"2008":[5],"U.S.":[6,103,209,221],"presidential":[7],"election,":[8],"which":[9],"occurred":[10,21],"around":[11],"time":[13],"this":[14],"book":[15],"was":[16,50,65],"being":[17],"compiled,":[18],"a":[19,51,59,90,93,98,110,115,125,135,149,194,249,255],"fracas":[20],"within":[22],"media":[24],"surrounding":[25],"some":[26,146],"post-election":[27],"campaign":[28],"gossip":[29],"that":[30,43,48,63,79,89,107,138,289],"Republican":[32],"party's":[33],"vice-presidential":[34],"candidate":[35],"had":[36],"revealed":[37],"during":[38],"debate":[39],"and":[40,53,127,145,152,187,226,237,251,257],"briefing":[41],"preparations":[42],"she":[44],"did":[45],"not":[46,105],"understand":[47],"Africa":[49,108,140,177],"continent,":[52],"instead":[54],"believed":[55],"it":[56,83,113,294,298],"to":[57,155,247,266],"be":[58],"single":[60],"state.":[61],"Whether":[62],"rumor":[64],"true":[66],"or":[67,214],"false":[68],"is":[69,78,109,114,141,167,190,202,244,295],"quite":[70],"beside":[71],"point:":[73],"larger":[75],"issue,":[76],"arguably,":[77],"many":[80],"people":[81],"found":[82],"even":[84],"at":[85,215],"least":[86,199,216],"somewhat":[87],"plausible":[88],"person":[91],"with":[92,119,124,143,230],"high":[94],"school":[95,212],"diploma-let":[96],"alone":[97],"college":[99],"degree-granted":[100],"in":[101,162,184,219],"might":[104],"know":[106],"continent.":[181],"Indeed":[112,172],"very":[116],"large":[117],"one,":[118],"53":[120],"independent":[121],"states":[122,222],"fraught":[123],"troubled":[126],"complex":[128],"historical":[129],"geography.":[130,241],"Although":[131],"most":[132,220],"Americans":[133],"have":[134],"general":[136],"sense":[137],"modern":[139],"beset":[142],"difficulty":[144],"could":[147],"name":[148],"few":[150],"places":[151],"issues":[153],"related":[154],"limited":[157],"coverage":[158],"given":[159],"African":[160],"events":[161,186],"mainstream":[164],"media,":[165],"there":[166],"little":[168],"understanding":[169],"of":[170,196,205,234,240,254,275],"Africa.":[171],"for":[173,193],"virtually":[174],"all":[175],"Americans,":[176],"remains":[178],"dark":[180],"Americans'":[182,273],"knowledge":[183],"world":[185,284],"global":[188],"systems":[189],"infamously":[191],"poor":[192],"number":[195],"reasons.":[197],"Not":[198],"among":[200],"them":[201],"abandonment":[204],"geography":[206,243],"from":[207,261],"secondary":[210],"public":[211],"curriculum,":[213],"its":[217],"bifurcation":[218],"into":[223],"earth":[224],"science":[225,228],"social":[227],"courses,":[229],"an":[231],"accompanying":[232],"loss":[233],"integrative":[236],"holistic":[238],"nature":[239],"Indeed,":[242],"uniquely":[245],"able":[246],"deliver":[248],"synergistic":[250],"comprehensive":[252],"view":[253],"place,":[256],"movement":[259],"away":[260],"discipline":[263],"has":[264,270],"contributed":[265],"what":[267],"Daniel":[268],"Welch":[269],"depicted":[271],"as":[272],"fog":[274],"distortion,":[276],"ignorance,":[277],"smugness,":[278],"[and]":[279],"disinterest":[280],"(2005)":[281],"about":[282],"outside":[285],"our":[286],"borders.":[287],"If":[288],"characterization":[290],"makes":[291],"us":[292,300],"wince,":[293],"largely":[296],"because":[297],"fits":[299],"too":[301],"well.":[302]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-06T12:05:46.655746","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}