Edney, Matthew H., author.

Cartography : the ideal and its history / Matthew H. Edney.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
©2019

xi, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

In this book Matthew H. 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.

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Cartography Philosophy.
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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 305453
Cote: BIB 251289
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