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Harley, J. B.

 
9780801870903: The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801870909 ISBN 13 : 9780801870903
Editeur : JHUP, 2002

Synopsis

In this collection of essays J. B. Harley (1932-1991) draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy, and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional, "positivist" model of cartography, replacing it with one that is grounded in an iconological and semiotic theory of the nature of maps. He defines a map as a "social construction" and argues that maps are not simple representations of reality but exert profound influences upon the way space is conceptualized and organized. A central theme is the way in which power—whether military, political, religious, or economic—becomes inscribed on the land through cartography. In this new reading of maps and map making, Harley undertakes a surprising journey into the nature of the social and political unconscious.

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À propos des auteurs

J. B. Harley lectured in historical geography at the Universities of Liverpool and Exeter before moving to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His ideas on the meaning of maps have influenced not just geographers and map historians but also students of art history and literature. At Milwaukee he began, with David Woodward, the multivolume History of Cartography, the first volume of which was published in 1987.

Paul Laxton lectured in the Department of Geography at the University of Liverpool for more than thirty years. He is now an independent scholar.

J. H. Andrews is a retired professor of geography at Trinity College, Dublin and author of A Paper Landscape: The Ordnance Survey in Nineteenth-Century Ireland and Shapes of Ireland.

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Éditeur
JHUP
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801870909
ISBN 13 
9780801870903
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
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