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"Some maps help us find our way; others restrict where we go and what we do. These maps control behavior, regulating activities from flying to fishing, prohibiting students from one part of town from being schooled on the other, and banishing certain individuals and industries t…
Restrictive cartography has boomed in recent decades as governments seek to regulate activities as diverse as hiking, building a residence or opening a store; but the practice is as ancient as mapping itself. This volume explores mapping as a means of control.
Shapiro explores the significance of war in contemporary society and its connections to the 'geographical imaginary'. It is also an innovative critique of the way historians and political scientists study war.
"In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an illustrated account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy. He takes us back to 1569, when Mercator announced a clever method of portraying the earth on a flat surface, creating the fi…
"In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an illustrated account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy. He takes us back to 1569, when Mercator announced a clever method of portraying the earth on a flat surface, creating the fi…
