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The New Nature of Maps : Essays in the History of Cartography
The New Nature of Maps Essays in the History of Cartography
Author: J. B. Harley, Paul Laxton
In this collection of essays J. B. Harley (1932-1991) draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy, and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional, "positivist" model of cartography, replacing it with one that is grounded in an iconological and semiotic theory of the nature of maps. He defines a map as a "social construction...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801865664
ISBN-10: 0801865662
Publication Date: 4/17/2001
Pages: 352
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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