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Author |
: S. Max Edelson |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 2017-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674978997 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674978994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The New Map of Empire by : S. Max Edelson
In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain’s imperial ambitions before the Revolution.
Author |
: Matthew H. Edney |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 481 |
Release |
: 2009-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226184869 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226184862 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mapping an Empire by : Matthew H. Edney
In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and define the spatial image of its Empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities. "There is much to be praised in this book. It is an excellent history of how India came to be painted red in the nineteenth century. But more importantly, Mapping an Empire sets a new standard for books that examine a fundamental problem in the history of European imperialism."—D. Graham Burnett, Times Literary Supplement "Mapping an Empire is undoubtedly a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on science and empire, and a work which deserves to stimulate a great deal of fresh thinking and informed research."—David Arnold, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History "This case study offers broadly applicable insights into the relationship between ideology, technology and politics. . . . Carefully read, this is a tale of irony about wishful thinking and the limits of knowledge."—Publishers Weekly
Author |
: Kyle Wanberg |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2020-07-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781487534950 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1487534957 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maps of Empire by : Kyle Wanberg
During the political upheavals of the mid-twentieth century, as imperialism was unraveling on a grand scale, writers from colonized and occupied spaces questioned the necessity and ethics of their histories. As empire "wrote back" to the self-ordained centres of the world, modes of representation underwent a transformation. Exploring novels and diverse forms of literature from regions in West Africa, the Middle East, and Indigenous America, Maps of Empire considers how writers struggle with the unstable boundaries generated by colonial projects and their dissolution. The literary spaces covered in the book form imaginary states or reimagine actual cartographies and identities sanctioned under empire. The works examined in Maps of Empire, through their inner representations and their outer histories of reception, inspire and provoke us to reconsider boundaries.
Author |
: James R. Akerman |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2009-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226010762 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226010767 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Imperial Map by : James R. Akerman
Maps from virtually every culture and period convey our tendency to see our communities as the centre of the world (if not the universe) and, by implication, as superior to anything beyond our boundaries. This study examines how cartography has been used to prop up a variety of imperialist enterprises.
Author |
: Richard J. A. Talbert |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 2012-11-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226789378 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226789373 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Perspectives by : Richard J. A. Talbert
Ancient Perspectives encompasses a vast arc of space and time—Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE—to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. Much like today, maps in antiquity meant very different things to different people. Ancient Perspectives presents an ambitious, fresh overview of cartography and its uses. The seven chapters range from broad-based analyses of mapping in Mesopotamia and Egypt to a close focus on Ptolemy’s ideas for drawing a world map based on the theories of his Greek predecessors at Alexandria. The remarkable accuracy of Mesopotamian city-plans is revealed, as is the creation of maps by Romans to support the proud claim that their emperor’s rule was global in its reach. By probing the instruments and techniques of both Greek and Roman surveyors, one chapter seeks to uncover how their extraordinary planning of roads, aqueducts, and tunnels was achieved. Even though none of these civilizations devised the means to measure time or distance with precision, they still conceptualized their surroundings, natural and man-made, near and far, and felt the urge to record them by inventive means that this absorbing volume reinterprets and compares.
Author |
: Steven Seegel |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2012-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226744278 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226744272 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mapping Europe's Borderlands by : Steven Seegel
The simplest purpose of a map is a rational one: to educate, to solve a problem, to point someone in the right direction. Maps shape and communicate information, for the sake of improved orientation. But maps exist for states as well as individuals, and they need to be interpreted as expressions of power and knowledge, as Steven Seegel makes clear in his impressive and important new book. Mapping Europe’s Borderlands takes the familiar problems of state and nation building in eastern Europe and presents them through an entirely new prism, that of cartography and cartographers. Drawing from sources in eleven languages, including military, historical-pedagogical, and ethnographic maps, as well as geographic texts and related cartographic literature, Seegel explores the role of maps and mapmakers in the East Central European borderlands from the Enlightenment to the Treaty of Versailles. For example, Seegel explains how Russia used cartography in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and, later, formed its geography society as a cover for gathering intelligence. He also explains the importance of maps to the formation of identities and institutions in Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania, as well as in Russia. Seegel concludes with a consideration of the impact of cartographers’ regional and socioeconomic backgrounds, educations, families, career options, and available language choices.
Author |
: Times Atlases |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2015-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0008147795 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780008147792 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis History of the World in Maps by : Times Atlases
From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.
Author |
: Jessica Maier |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2020-11-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226591599 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022659159X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Eternal City by : Jessica Maier
One of the most visited places in the world, Rome attracts millions of tourists each year to walk its storied streets and see famous sites like the Colosseum, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Trevi Fountain. Yet this ancient city’s allure is due as much to its rich, unbroken history as to its extraordinary array of landmarks. Countless incarnations and eras merge in the Roman cityscape. With a history spanning nearly three millennia, no other place can quite match the resilience and reinventions of the aptly nicknamed Eternal City. In this unique and visually engaging book, Jessica Maier considers Rome through the eyes of mapmakers and artists who have managed to capture something of its essence over the centuries. Viewing the city as not one but ten “Romes,” she explores how the varying maps and art reflect each era’s key themes. Ranging from modest to magnificent, the images comprise singular aesthetic monuments like paintings and grand prints as well as more popular and practical items like mass-produced tourist plans, archaeological surveys, and digitizations. The most iconic and important images of the city appear alongside relatively obscure, unassuming items that have just as much to teach us about Rome’s past. Through 140 full-color images and thoughtful overviews of each era, Maier provides an accessible, comprehensive look at Rome’s many overlapping layers of history in this landmark volume. The first English-language book to tell Rome’s rich story through its maps, The Eternal City beautifully captures the past, present, and future of one of the most famous and enduring places on the planet.
Author |
: S. Max Edelson |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 481 |
Release |
: 2017-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674972117 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674972112 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The New Map of Empire by : S. Max Edelson
In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain’s imperial ambitions before the Revolution.
Author |
: Stephen J. Hornsby |
Publisher |
: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages |
: 378 |
Release |
: 2011-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780773587342 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0773587349 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Surveyors of Empire by : Stephen J. Hornsby
Using research from both sides of the Atlantic, Stephen Hornsby examines the development of British military cartography in North America during and after the Seven Years War, as well as advancements in military and scientific equipment used in surveying. At the same time, he follows the land speculation of two leading surveyors, Samuel Holland and J.F.W. Des Barres, and the publication history of The Atlantic Neptune. Richly illustrated with images from The Atlantic Neptune and earlier maps, Surveyors of Empire is an insightful account of the relationship between science and imperialism, and the British shaping of the Atlantic world.