ENGLISH

Maps and Politics

By Jeremy Black

Book information

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
1997
ISBN
1-86189-012-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10106090 bytes)
Series
Picturing History
Pages
190\190
Topic
History
Time added
2016-02-25 11:08:34

Description

Do maps accurately and objectively present the information we expect them to portray, or are they instead colored by the political purposes of their makers? In this lively and well-illustrated book, Jeremy Black investigates this dangerous territory, arguing persuasively that the supposed "objectivity" of the map-making and map-using process cannot be divorced from aspects of the politics of representation.

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