The Imperial Map

The Imperial Map
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226010762
ISBN-13 : 0226010767
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Imperial Map by : James R. Akerman

Download or read book The Imperial Map written by James R. Akerman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


The Imperial Map Related Books

The Imperial Map
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: James R. Akerman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
The New Map of Empire
Language: en
Pages: 481
Authors: S. Max Edelson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-24 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

After the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763, British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Florida Keys, from the Atlantic coast to the Mi
Mapping an Empire
Language: en
Pages: 481
Authors: Matthew H. Edney
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Mapping China and Managing the World
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Richard J. Smith
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-20 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to create and
The Mapping of New Spain
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Barbara E. Mundy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

To learn about its territories in the New World, Spain commissioned a survey of Spanish officials in Mexico between 1578 and 1584, asking for local maps as well