"Music is omnipresent in human society, but its language can no longer be regarded as transcendent or universal. Like other art forms, music is produced and consumed within complex economic, cultural, and political frameworks in different places and at different historical momen…
This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead -- through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a poi…
This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead - through the mapmaker's bias. The author shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a poin…