Cartophilia - Maps and the Search for Identity in the French-German Borderland

In focusing on the power of "bottom-up" maps to transform modern European identities, the author argues that the history of cartography must expand beyond the study of elite maps and shift its emphasis to the democratization of cartography in the modern world.

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In focusing on the power of "bottom-up" maps to transform modern European identities, the author argues that the history of cartography must expand beyond the study of elite maps and shift its emphasis to the democratization of cartography in the modern world.

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• Authors: Catherine T. Dunlop, Catherine Tatiana Dunlop, Dunlop Catherine Tatiana
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2015
• EAN: 9780226173023
• ISBN: 978-0-226-17302-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; France, Germany, 20th Century, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Cartography, map-making & projections, Cartography, map-making and projections, Historical Geography