
Mapping
Martin Dodge(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2015
Book
1614 pages
978-0-415-71811-0 (ISBN)
Description
The map is a central element of our visual culture. It has also been a vital representation technology in many scholarly disciplines for hundreds of years, as well as a practical tool for navigation and a means for the government of territory. But, as the editor of this new four-volume collection from Routledge explains, the rhetorical power and technical complexity of how maps work are relatively underappreciated and not well analysed across the social sciences and beyond. Now, to enable researchers and advanced students to make better sense of a vast corpus of scholarship, Mapping brings together all the important literature in a comprehensive and coherently edited compendium. The carefully selected texts demonstrate how cartography works as a powerful representational form; they also explore how different mapping practices have been conceptualized.
The four volumes are structured by theme-including 'definitions and paradigms'; 'design and communication'; 'technologies and techniques'; and 'people and politics'-and the gathered materials include major works from leading cartographers, as well as classic and cutting-edge pieces from scholars and researchers in cognate subject areas.
The four volumes are structured by theme-including 'definitions and paradigms'; 'design and communication'; 'technologies and techniques'; and 'people and politics'-and the gathered materials include major works from leading cartographers, as well as classic and cutting-edge pieces from scholars and researchers in cognate subject areas.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
262 s/w Abbildungen, 12 s/w Tabellen
12 Tables, black and white; 262 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
2902 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-71811-0 (9780415718110)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Edited by Martin Dodge, University of Manchester, UK.
Content
Volume I: Mapping Definitions and Paradigms; Volume II: Map Design and Communication; Volume III: Mapping Technologies; Volume IV: People and Politics