Wood, Denis.

The power of maps / by Denis Wood with John Fels.

New York : Guilford Press, [1992]
©1992

viii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Mappings: Society/Theory/Space

This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead - through the mapmaker's bias. The author shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. By connecting us to a reality that could not exist in the absence of maps - a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones - they embody and project the interests of their creators. Sampling the scope of maps available in the twentieth century, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. -- Back cover.

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Maps.
Cartes.
Cartes géographiques.
cards (information artifacts)
Cartography. [Literature].
Cartografie.
Kaarten (geografie)
Cartographie.
kaarten
cartografie
mapping
Geodesy (General)
Geodesie (algemeen)

Maps.
Cartes géographiques.

Fels, John.
Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
Mappings.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 269901
Cote: BIB 202382
Statut: Disponible