Rethinking the Power of Maps

Rethinking the Power of Maps

EnglishEbook
Wood, Denis
Guilford Publications
EAN: 9781606237083
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A contemporary follow-up to the groundbreaking Power of Maps, this book takes a fresh look at what maps do, whose interests they serve, and how they can be used in surprising, creative, and radical ways. Denis Wood describes how cartography facilitated the rise of the modern state and how maps continue to embody and project the interests of their creators. He demystifies the hidden assumptions of mapmaking and explores the promises and limitations of diverse counter-mapping practices today. Thought-provoking illustrations include U.S. Geological Survey maps; electoral and transportation maps; and numerous examples of critical cartography, participatory GIS, and map art.
EAN 9781606237083
ISBN 160623708X
Binding Ebook
Publisher Guilford Publications
Publication date April 16, 2010
Pages 335
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Wood, Denis
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