Cartography and the Political Imagination - Mapping Community in Colonial Kenya

Informationen zum Autor Julie MacArthur is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Cartography and the Political Imagination as well as numerous articles. She has also worked extensively in African cinema, both as a curator and an academic. Klappentext Encompassing history, geography, and political science, MacArthur's study evaluates the role of geographic imagination and the impact of cartography not only as means of expressing imperial power and constraining colonized populations, but as tools for the articulation of new political communities and resistance. Zusammenfassung Encompassing history, geography, and political science, MacArthur's study evaluates the role of geographic imagination and the impact of cartography not only as means of expressing imperial power and constraining colonized populations, but as tools for the articulation of new political communities and resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Julie MacArthur
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780821422106
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2210-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: New African Histories; New African Histories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology