Over the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark
History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged
scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time and space.
As the current director of the project that has produced these
volumes, Matthew H. Edney has a unique vantage point for
understanding what “cartography” has come to mean and include.
In this book Edney disavows the term cartography, rejecting the
notion that maps represent an undifferentiated category of objects
for study. Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, he
argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines
specific types of maps—sea charts versus thematic maps, for
example—in the context of the unique circumstances of their
production, circulation, and consumption. To illuminate this bold
argument, Edney chronicles precisely how the ideal of cartography
that has developed in the West since 1800 has gone astray. By
exposing the flaws in this ideal, his book challenges everyone who
studies maps and mapping practices to reexamine their approach to
the topic. The study of cartography will never be the same.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
