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A History of the World in Twelve Maps

Af: Jerry Brotton Engelsk Paperback

A History of the World in Twelve Maps

Af: Jerry Brotton Engelsk Paperback
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Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by reading it, we can better understand the worlds that produced it.

Although the way we map our surroundings is changing, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been, but that they continue to define, shape and recreate the world. Readers of this book will never look at a map in quite the same way again.

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Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by reading it, we can better understand the worlds that produced it.

Although the way we map our surroundings is changing, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been, but that they continue to define, shape and recreate the world. Readers of this book will never look at a map in quite the same way again.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 544
ISBN-13: 9780141034935
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141034939
Kategori: Historisk geografi
Udg. Dato: 2 maj 2013
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 133mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 2 maj 2013
Forfatter(e): Jerry Brotton
Forfatter(e) Jerry Brotton

Kategori Historisk geografi

ISBN-13 9780141034935

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 544

Udgave

Længde 26mm

Bredde 133mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 2 maj 2013

Oplagsdato 2 maj 2013

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd