Many countries produced an official national atlas in the twentieth century. This book examines these national atlases as an intriguing window into the connections between science, state, territory and power.
Many countries produced an official national atlas in the twentieth century. This book examines these national atlases as an intriguing window into the connections between science, state, territory and power.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Rennie Short is a professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has published widely in a range of journals and is the author of fifty books.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction A Century of Nationalism The Main Arguments Structure of the Book; 2. The Early National Atlas A Cartographic Explosion The Early National Atlas in England and France; 3. Cartographic Anxieties and the Emergence of the Modern National Atlas The Modern National Atlas in Latin America From Anxieties to Certainties Remaining Anxieties; 4. Cartographic Ruptures and the National Atlas Cartographic Declarations of Independence Revolutionary Ruptures A Transect across the Ruptures; 5. National Atlas Global Discourses The Global Framing of the National The Language of the Atlas: Text The Language of the Atlas: Maps; 6. The Physical World of the National Atlas Origins Science State and the National Atlas National Imaginaries Contested Discourses of the National Atlas; 7. The Social World of the National Atlas Social Statistics Statistical Atlases Social Categories; 8. The End of the National Atlas? Information Overload New Technologies National Atlas as Digital Portal Toward a Polyphonic Participatory Atlas; Notes; Appendix: National Atlas Bibliography; Index
List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction A Century of Nationalism The Main Arguments Structure of the Book; 2. The Early National Atlas A Cartographic Explosion The Early National Atlas in England and France; 3. Cartographic Anxieties and the Emergence of the Modern National Atlas The Modern National Atlas in Latin America From Anxieties to Certainties Remaining Anxieties; 4. Cartographic Ruptures and the National Atlas Cartographic Declarations of Independence Revolutionary Ruptures A Transect across the Ruptures; 5. National Atlas Global Discourses The Global Framing of the National The Language of the Atlas: Text The Language of the Atlas: Maps; 6. The Physical World of the National Atlas Origins Science State and the National Atlas National Imaginaries Contested Discourses of the National Atlas; 7. The Social World of the National Atlas Social Statistics Statistical Atlases Social Categories; 8. The End of the National Atlas? Information Overload New Technologies National Atlas as Digital Portal Toward a Polyphonic Participatory Atlas; Notes; Appendix: National Atlas Bibliography; Index
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