Mapping: Ways of Representing the World
Daniel Dorling, University of Leeds
David Fairbairn, Newcastle University

ISBN-10: 0582289726
ISBN-13: 9780582289727

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1997
Format: Paper; 192 pp
Published: 06/12/1997

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Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.

  • Integrates ideas from the fields of cultural geography, cartography and GIS
  • Brings together traditional approaches to cartography as well as new approaches
  • Each chapter includes: explanation of key terms, text boxes highlighting selected personalities, case studies and themes and annotated further reading

1. The History of Cartography2. The Shape and Contents of Maps3. Navigation, Maps and Accuracy4. Representing Others5. Mapping Territory6. New Scales, New Viewpoints7. Geographic Information Systems8. Alternative Views9. Representing the Future and the Future of Representation

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    Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.

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    © 1997 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 192 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0582289726 | ISBN-13: 9780582289727
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    Politics and political relationships underpin the world we live in. From a geographical perspective, the most obvious manifestation of this is the division of the Earth's surface into political units (states and sub-state divisions). There are also less explicit forms of territorial division which occur in more micro-scale contexts. Whether explicit or implicit, control over territory is a key political motivating force. Competing territory claims are a major source of conflict. The processes of control and the contestation over particular territory are thus key elements in what is known as political geography.

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    ISBN-10: 0582327903 | ISBN-13: 9780582327900
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