Scotland: Mapping the Nation - Couverture souple

Fleet, Chris; Withers, Charles W. J.; Wilkes, Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780270917 ISBN 13 : 9781780270913

Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV. Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year award 2012 'Mixes lavish illustration with academic rigour and engaging anecdotes. Those who read this book will never 'read' a map in quite the same way again' --Sunday Herald 'A real treasure of a book' --Alexander McCall Smith in the Mail on Sunday 'A splendiferous treat of text and illustration' --TC Smout, The Herald 'A well crafted message is told of maps, Scotland, and Scottishness, and the connections between them; of how maps helped shape the nation as seen from within and without; and of how maps worked ideologically and in the everyday lives of the Scots to shape identity.' - Journal of Historical Geography. Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV. Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.

Revue de presse :

'Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes and Charles W J Withers Scotland Mapping the Nation (Birlinn in association with the National Library of Scotland) is the first book to systematically exploit Scotland s treasure trove of maps as a major source for the history of the nation: beautifully produced with a text full of unexpected insights.' --Tom Devine, Scottish Review of Books

'Some books are simply so magnificent in their scope and execution you know they are destined to become classics from the moment you open the cover and begin to turn the pages. "Scotland: Mapping the Nation" is one of those books,' --Undiscovered Scotland

'A beautiful tome' --Scotland Magazine

'Some books are simply so magnificent in their scope and execution you know they are destined to become classics from the moment you open the cover and begin to turn the pages. "Scotland: Mapping the Nation" is one of those books,' --Undiscovered Scotland

'A beautiful tome' --Scotland Magazine

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Birlinn Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1780270917
• ISBN 13: 9781780270913
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336