Maps and Politics |
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| Author:
| Black, Jeremy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-05494-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.